[PATCH v2 08/10] mesh: Add virtual interface on booting

Masashi Honma masashi.honma
Thu Jan 1 22:45:02 PST 2015


2014-12-30 23:43 GMT+09:00 Jouni Malinen <j at w1.fi>:
> The -m parameter ("Configuration file for the P2P Device interface) does
> not create a new virtual interface; it provides configuration for the
> global P2P Device instance that some drivers uses. That P2P Device
> context gets created automatically and as such, it is not similar to
> P2P_GROUP_ADD/MESH_GROUP_ADD. The P2P Device instance is not used for
> normal data connection (it is not even a netdev).

Thank you. I understand.



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