Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Oct 2006 17:30:31 -0700 | Subject | Re: wpa supplicant/ipw3945, ESSID last char missing | From | Jean Tourrilhes <> |
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On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 08:27:54PM -0400, Sean wrote: > On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 16:31:38 -0700 > Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com> wrote: > > > It's already done with the current interface, you can access > > the API with either ioctls or RtNetlink. > > Does this answer Ted's question though? Why can't userspace request > the new v48 interface to get the changed API while older tools > get the v47 interface and continue to work without needing to > be upgraded?
How does that happen in practice ? Kernel has no clue on what userpace version is running.
> Sean
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