On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:48:06 +0100 (CET)
Jiri Benc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The d80211 stack needs a network interface (called 'wmaster') used for
> communication with the hardware (it has 802.11 qdisc attached which perform
> MAC level QoS). This interface is not intended for users and it confuses
> them.
>
> As a short time solution, this patch allows net_device to be registered as
> "invisible". This means it is not in the dev name hash list, its ifindex is
> -1 and protocols are not notified about its registration/unregistration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
Maybe code would be cleaner if you just could do:
register_netdevice(mydev);
cloak_netdevice(mydev);
And cloak_netdevice() just removed the network device from the
name table. I would rather keep it with a real ifindex and in the
device list, so that if the interface is miss used or the device
is referenced by other devices, we don't see unexpected surprises
like oops.
--
Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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