Re: Cannot put ath9k interface to different namespace?

[Johannes Berg]

You have to put the entire wiphy into the netns with iw, not just one virtual interface. 

Michael Leun <lkml20120218@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>tried to put ath9k_htc interface to namespace, does not work:
>
>jill:/home/ml # ip link set netns 4001 dev wlan3
>RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
>
>Also does not work with ath9k, but does work with other wlan devices
>(tried zd1201, r8712u, thats what I've here at the moment).
>
>When trying, device was down.
>
>Is there some trick to do it or is there some support from driver for
>that missing?
>
>Any plans to fix that? Would that be big effort?
>
>Thanks.
>
>-- 
>MfG,
>
>Michael Leun
>
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