Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 09:44 +0200, dragoran wrote:
>   
>> I noticed that I have to do ifdown wlan0 before I can change the mode 
>> with iwconfig.
>> When I do it while the interface is up I get a error that the device is 
>> busy.
>>     
>
> It is busy.
>
>   
ok
>> It seems to happen with ad-hoc, master and back from them to managed.
>> Is this a bug in the iwlwifi driver or in mac80211 ?
>>     
>
> Neither, it is expected behaviour.
ok thx for this info.
>  Blame it on Jean that wireless
> extensions are ill-defined and don't mandate this.
>
>   
>> Because of this NM can't create ad-hoc networks because it does it while 
>> the device is up.
>> Any ideas?
>>     
>
> Fix NM?
>
>   
Dan, something for you  ;)
does NM knows if the driver is a mac80211 one?

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