Date: Sun, 08 May 2011 11:26:08 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pls review: dummy handlers for linux wlan ioctls Message-ID: <4DC653A0.8080405@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20110508083909.00003ef4@unknown> References: <4DC5157E.2020606@FreeBSD.org> <20110508083909.00003ef4@unknown>
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on 08/05/2011 09:39 Alexander Leidinger said the following: > On Sat, 07 May 2011 12:48:46 +0300 Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >> >> The purpose of this code is just to reduce amount of noise produced >> when some software uses those ioctls (e.g. newer Skype). All ioctls >> return ENOTSUP. > > Not a review, just a question: Do we want to decide that we will not > implement those ioctl's in the linuxulator? I haven't heard about anyone planning to implement them or needing them. But that doesn't imply any decision, of course. > If the answer is yes, I'm OK with a patch like yours going in. If the > answer is no, I object to such a patch, as it would hide the missing > functionality. Well, it could be argued that if anyone really needs that functionality he will sure notice that it is missing even without the kernel messages. > If you want to shut up an application regarding this, I suggest to > write a wrapper-ioctl which is then used with LD_PRELOAD, if you provide > the source and makefile, I'm willing to compile it in my F10 VM for > you. I am not sure if I want these complexities (at the moment). I can just keep the patch to myself :-) > Out of curiosity: what is skype doing with direct wlan calls? No idea. It seems that it tries to get a wlan name at the very least (maybe it's just a way to test if an interface is wireless). Maybe they explain why they do it somewhere. -- Andriy Gapon
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