Let me try to summarise this... probably wrong :)
> 1.5 KB sounds like a small scan result set to me.. I'm hitting 100+
> BSSes at work (well, not really your normal environment ;-), and 50 at
> home.. These go way beyond 1.5 KB; closer to 32 KB at times, I'd guess.
Ok this is easy, we need huge
On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 09:13:53AM -0400, Stuffed Crust wrote:
> (Leave out the RSNIE, AuthType and KeyMgmt stuff; while they're
> used in the actual key negotiation/derivation, they're separate
> problems and have no bearing on the crypto layer. From the driver's
> perspective the RSNIE is
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 01:57:38PM -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 16:19 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 09:41 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > Should cfg80211 do the chore of keeping track of the whole scan results?
> > On the other hand, that doesn't seem
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 01:57:38PM -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> * None
> - Crypto: None
> - 802.11 Auth: Open System
>
> * Static WEP
> - Keys: up to 4 group keys
> - Crypto: WEP-40, WEP-104, WEP-152, WEP-256
> - 802.11 Auth: Open System or Shared Key
> - Key Mgmt/Auth: non
On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 13:57 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> Are we talking about config changes when some other process pushes a new
> config to the card, or when something happens over the air, like new
> association or deauth?
Well, both actually :) Yeah, we should have different groups for that.
Umm, looks like I skipped this paragraph in my earlier reply to you. Sorry
about that.
> I'd also argue that one specific BSSID is part of an initial
> configuration. We should support that in config command. It's an
> implicit SET_FIXED_BSSID, yes. But one of the major points of
> nl80211/cfg8
On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 16:19 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 09:41 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
>
> > I don't really have an explicit ToDo list, but here are a few points
> > that come to mind
> > * notification support when parameters change multicast a netlink
> >message t
On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 09:41 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> I don't really have an explicit ToDo list, but here are a few points
> that come to mind
> * notification support when parameters change multicast a netlink
>message to all subscribers of that group
I think we'll want at least two gro
On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 12:15 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> I'm not sure what you mean here. Do you really mean "grab the current
> _cmdlist_"? Because I'm not sure how grabbing the current configuration
> (using GET_CONFIG) would necessarily return the right set of options for
> the device. Also,
James,
Good points. Just a few comments.
> The EEPROM contents typically represent the configuration and operating
> parameters which have been tested and certified to be operational.
>
> These would represent the only settings which a user can operate with
> and still be covered by existing cer
On Thursday 28 September 2006 05:23, Johannes Berg wrote:
> * why should there be configuration per device? The user can only
>be operating in one country at a time... I think that information
>should just be available inside cfg80211 in a global structure
>for use by drivers whenever
On Friday 29 September 2006 17:10, James Ketrenos wrote:
> Johannes Berg wrote:
> > * Should the userspace daemon be allowed to unilaterally update the
> >regulatory information if it learns something new (via the user)?
>
> Many countries forbid users (root is still a user) being enabled to
>
Johannes Berg wrote:
> * Should the userspace daemon be allowed to unilaterally update the
>regulatory information if it learns something new (via the user)?
Many countries forbid users (root is still a user) being enabled to
override the parameters set up by the hardware vendor as tested fo
This patch adds cfg80211, a new configuration system for wireless hardware
as well as nl80211, the netlink-based userspace interface for it.
It currently features a bunch of configuration requests, support for
adding and removing virtual interfaces, the ability to inject packets and
more.
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