Subject: Re: ipw2100: firmware problem

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:13:44 -0400

James Ketrenos wrote:
> I don't know if all the distributions have moved away from this model. 
> If they have and the devices are brought up regardless of link, then
> going back to delaying radio initialization until the open() is called
> is workable. 

When the interface is not up, we ideally want the device to be as 
passive as possible.

Most net drivers shut down as much as possible at dev->close() time, and 
it would really be good if wireless drivers followed suit.

	Jeff