netdev - Re: [PATCH] wifi: wext: warn about usage only once

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Date:   Mon, 27 Feb 2023 10:32:29 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
        "Berg, Johannes" <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Nicolas Cavallari <Nicolas.Cavallari@...en-communications.fr>,
        Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...i.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: wext: warn about usage only once

On Sat, 25 Feb 2023 20:09:51 -0600 Larry Finger wrote:
> In case Qt really needs to know what network it is on, what is a better way to 
> detect if the network is on a Wifi device?

Presupposing lack of love for netlink - /sys/class/net/$ifc/uevent
will have DEVTYPE=wlan.