netdev - Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] nl80211: multicast_to_unicast can be changed while IFF

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Date:   Mon, 21 Nov 2016 13:50:52 +0100
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Michael Braun <michael-dev@...i-braun.de>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        projekt-wlan@....tu-ilmenau.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] nl80211: multicast_to_unicast can be changed
 while IFF_UP

On Mon, 2016-10-31 at 14:40 +0100, Michael Braun wrote:
> There is no need to prevent toggling multicast_to_unicast while
> interface is already up. This change simplifies reconfiguration
> from hostapd.

Applied. This check never should've been there anyway, if desired,
NEED_NETDEV_UP should've been used.

johannes