Re: [Bcm43xx-dev] [Fwd: State of the Union: Wireless]

Michael Buesch [off-list ref] wrote:

How would the virtual interfaces look like? That is quite easy to answer.
They are net_devices, as they transfer data.
They should probaly _not_ be on top of the ethernet, as 80211 does not
have very much in common with ethernet. Basically they share the same
MAC address format. Does someone have another thing, which he thinks
is shared?

<brainstorming>

It has a connection status.
It has a connection speed, which is less static than on a LAN.
(Maybe it can be asynchronous in the next version.)
It can't yet be full duplex, but who knows ...
It can be in promiscious mode (wardriving).

The virtual interface is then configured though /dev/wlan0 using write()
(no ugly ioctl anymore, you see...). Config data like TX rate,
current essid,.... basically everything + xyz which is done by WE today,
is written to /dev/wlan0.

In ASCII parsed by an in-kernel library? Did you consider sysfs?

What would a connection manager look for if it's supposed to act on
* plugging in the WLAN card
* finding/losing a (better) network

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