[PATCH] libertas: monitor mode support for OLPC

[John W. Linville]

On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 01:08:46PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> Javier, Holger,
> 
> > Why not do it this way:
> > 
> > "iwmode eth1 mode monitor" turn's the device into monitor mode. 
> > That's what by far the most drivers use. In this mode, the 
> > device will send all frames to the host, e.g. all beacon frames. 
> > After all, user space can filter:
> > 
> >   tshark -i rtap0 -R '!(wlan.fc.subtype == 8)'
> 
> I suppose you really should be using cfg80211 to create and change the
> mode of new interfaces (and allow only one monitor and/or one STA
> interface). Then you actually get a sysfs file for free, and as a bonus
> it's the same one mac80211 uses :)

ACK

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John W. Linville
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