From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 8 10:32:54 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9845A106566B for ; Sun, 8 May 2011 10:32:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from mail.zoral.com.ua (mx0.zoral.com.ua [91.193.166.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97F368FC12 for ; Sun, 8 May 2011 10:32:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (root@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua [10.1.1.148]) by mail.zoral.com.ua (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p489r30K049896 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 8 May 2011 12:53:03 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (kostik@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p489r2Yb067885; Sun, 8 May 2011 12:53:02 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: (from kostik@localhost) by deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p489r2T2067884; Sun, 8 May 2011 12:53:02 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) X-Authentication-Warning: deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua: kostik set sender to kostikbel@gmail.com using -f Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 12:53:02 +0300 From: Kostik Belousov To: Andriy Gapon Message-ID: <20110508095302.GU48734@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> References: <4DC5157E.2020606@FreeBSD.org> <20110508083909.00003ef4@unknown> <4DC653A0.8080405@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="VMHhwLwacXQnT70n" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4DC653A0.8080405@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.2 at skuns.kiev.zoral.com.ua X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_05, DNS_FROM_OPENWHOIS autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on skuns.kiev.zoral.com.ua Cc: emulation@freebsd.org, Alexander Leidinger Subject: Re: pls review: dummy handlers for linux wlan ioctls X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 May 2011 10:32:54 -0000 --VMHhwLwacXQnT70n Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 11:26:08AM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote: > on 08/05/2011 09:39 Alexander Leidinger said the following: > > On Sat, 07 May 2011 12:48:46 +0300 Andriy Gapon wrote: > >=20 > >> > >> 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. > >=20 > > Not a review, just a question: Do we want to decide that we will not > > implement those ioctl's in the linuxulator? >=20 > I haven't heard about anyone planning to implement them or needing them. > But that doesn't imply any decision, of course. >=20 > > 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. >=20 > Well, it could be argued that if anyone really needs that functionality h= e will > sure notice that it is missing even without the kernel messages. >=20 > > 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. >=20 > I am not sure if I want these complexities (at the moment). > I can just keep the patch to myself :-) >=20 > > Out of curiosity: what is skype doing with direct wlan calls? >=20 > No idea. It seems that it tries to get a wlan name at the very least (ma= ybe > it's just a way to test if an interface is wireless). Maybe they explain= why > they do it somewhere. I remember skype sells wireless access worldwide. For some networks, it allows your to pay from your skype account. --VMHhwLwacXQnT70n Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk3GZ/4ACgkQC3+MBN1Mb4ijvQCfYo+BpJJO2/Dv8cHNQgXUbW3n woMAn373z7cO5gyRYA5hSo+HHM/ELzqd =cG4L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VMHhwLwacXQnT70n--