* [email protected] <[email protected]> [10.12.2014 08:55]:
> > have we considered also exposing the mode of this netdev. So for example 
> > sta,ap,p2p-go,p2p-client etc. If we can send dynamic updates via RTNL, we 
> > could easily tell the networking management system what type of wireless 
> > device we have here. I am thinking about it like "wlan/p2p-go" etc. Or 
> > should this be better kept strictly to "wlan".
> > 
> > And I am not sure RTNL would be capable of changing this kind strings at 
> > runtime anyway.
> 
> May be better do not mix 2 things in one attribute?

i like the idea. who is the potential audience of the attribute beside the 
user?  
meaning: whoever want to scan for the keyword 'wlan' can do so, even with 
'wlan/xy'

bye, bastian
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