From: Bjarke Istrup Pedersen <gurligebis@gentoo.org>
To: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Problem with bridges and wireless NIC's
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:14:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9c30dffe1003011514j21fdb9d7t9ce277fb133dcf27@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100301131801.GA3449@jm.kir.nu>
2010/3/1 Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>:
> On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 12:40:14PM +0100, Bjarke Istrup Pedersen wrote:
>> Okay, so the best thing to do, is to advise people to reverse the
>> patch if the need 0.6.x, or use 0.7.x - right?
>
> I don't think I would recommend people to reverse the commit that made
> kernel reject invalid wlan0 mode in the bridge in general. It should be
> possible to reorder network configuration to work with it and if really
> not, reverting that change is reasonable only for a device that works as
> an AP and uses bridging. Alternatively, whoever needs hostapd 0.6.x for
> whatever reason could obviously also backport the hostapd patch for
> bridge setup.
>
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Okay, I have recommended people to upgrade to 0.7.1 and configure
hostapd to do the adding to the bridge :-)
Thanks for helping.
Btw. - is there a timeframe for when 0.7.x might go stable? (the WPS
stuff is really interresting) :-)
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-01 23:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-28 22:58 Bjarke Istrup Pedersen
2010-03-01 7:59 ` Jouni Malinen
2010-03-01 8:12 ` Bjarke Istrup Pedersen
2010-03-01 10:53 ` Jouni Malinen
2010-03-01 11:40 ` Bjarke Istrup Pedersen
2010-03-01 13:18 ` Jouni Malinen
2010-03-01 23:14 ` Bjarke Istrup Pedersen [this message]
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