Proper API for nl80211?

Thomas Graf tgraf at infradead.org
Thu Jun 7 06:14:47 EDT 2012


On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 05:29:24PM +0000, Gotthard, Petr wrote:
> Hello (Thomas and All),
> I know that libnl currently doesn't support nl80211 and genlink socket may be used to access the "nl80211" family, but-would there be a better way how nl80211 could be supported by libnl? Could there be a dedicated API for wireless, or do I have to use genlink?
> 
> I may find some free time (during weekends and sleepless nights) to develop an embryo of such API if it is possible/desirable and there is no one else working on this subject. Please let me know what do you think.

Johannes,

Is there a nl80211 library for Petr to use? Or existing code that could be
converted into a shared library?

~Thomas



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