Re: [RFC 0/5] bind filters and multicast list to subif

[Lukasz Kucharczyk <lukasz.kucharczyk@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/18/2012 01:45 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-06-18 at 12:57 +0200, Lukasz Kucharczyk wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Following patches enables configuring filters and multicast list for
> > specific interface. That probably might be useful in implementation
> > of multi-channel operation.
>
> "Might be useful"?
>
> I guess I can see that, but we need
>   a) driver updates
>   b) to keep a global filter setting for drivers that don't have
>      per-interface settings

Ok, so I will need indication from driver what it supports.
Do you think adding single flag to ieee80211_hw_flags (like 
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_IFCE_FILTERS) would be sufficient for that purpose?

Lukasz


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