On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 11:26:08AM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote: > on 08/05/2011 09:39 Alexander Leidinger said the following: > > On Sat, 07 May 2011 12:48:46 +0300 Andriy Gapon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> The purpose of this code is just to reduce amount of noise produced > >> when some software uses those ioctls (e.g. newer Skype). All ioctls > >> return ENOTSUP. > > > > Not a review, just a question: Do we want to decide that we will not > > implement those ioctl's in the linuxulator? > > I haven't heard about anyone planning to implement them or needing them. > But that doesn't imply any decision, of course. > > > If the answer is yes, I'm OK with a patch like yours going in. If the > > answer is no, I object to such a patch, as it would hide the missing > > functionality. > > Well, it could be argued that if anyone really needs that functionality he > will > sure notice that it is missing even without the kernel messages. > > > If you want to shut up an application regarding this, I suggest to > > write a wrapper-ioctl which is then used with LD_PRELOAD, if you provide > > the source and makefile, I'm willing to compile it in my F10 VM for > > you. > > I am not sure if I want these complexities (at the moment). > I can just keep the patch to myself :-) > > > Out of curiosity: what is skype doing with direct wlan calls? > > No idea. It seems that it tries to get a wlan name at the very least (maybe > it's just a way to test if an interface is wireless). Maybe they explain why > they do it somewhere.
I remember skype sells wireless access worldwide. For some networks, it allows your to pay from your skype account.
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