pls review: dummy handlers for linux wlan ioctls

[Andriy Gapon]

on 08/05/2011 09:39 Alexander Leidinger said the following:
> On Sat, 07 May 2011 12:48:46 +0300 Andriy Gapon <avg at 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.

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Andriy Gapon