On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 07:25:11PM +0100, Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > Jiri Benc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Because all of frames need to go through the master device. So frames > > will be transmitted/received only when the master device is up. You have > > two possibilities: > > > > 1. To have a "physical" master device with no functionality (like you > > proposed). > > > > 2. To have one special device that cannot be removed. > > 3. To have a master device which isn't represented by a network > device (ifconfig doesn't show it etc.) but can be accessed only by > the wireless tools. Or just using sysfs, echo and cat can be best > tools. The slaves (netdevs) can be created and deleted at will. > > No obscure netdev with no apparent functionality and nothing special > in the first, last or whichever netdev.
Yes, this is the option that is making the most sense to me. John -- John W. Linville [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
