Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 9 Oct 2001 18:47:00 -0700 | Subject | RFC : Wireless Netlink events | From | Jean Tourrilhes <> |
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Hi,
Somebody asked me if it was possible to monitor wireless configuration change on 802.11 interfaces. Looking into the kernel, I noticed that RTnetlink was the prefered way to export events related to interface changes. So, I quickly hacked some RTnetlink Wireless Events, and it basically work the way I want.
Now, I've got some questions : o Have I done it the right way ? Is there anything I forgot ? o Is there a way to do a reverse of SIOCGIFINDEX ? If you have an interface index, how do you get its name ? o Should I put the full interface name in the event ? That would make events larger but help query the interface when receiving the event. o Any other comments ?
My plan is to continue experimenting with this patch a few days and collect comments, and then do a new update of Wireless Extensions with this patch. Regards,
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