From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:32:29 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: make AP message more informative
X-Git-Tag: v0.9.21~11
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e08b548840f167ae3aa33bfa436787f926cdb2ec;p=thirdparty%2Fiw.git

make AP message more informative
---

diff --git a/interface.c b/interface.c
index c092aa2..7d9fc8b 100644
--- a/interface.c
+++ b/interface.c
@@ -105,13 +105,12 @@ static int get_if_type(int *argc, char ***argv, enum nl80211_iftype *type,
 	} else if (strcmp(tpstr, "monitor") == 0) {
 		*type = NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR;
 		return 0;
-	} else if (strcmp(tpstr, "master") == 0) {
+	} else if (strcmp(tpstr, "master") == 0 ||
+		   strcmp(tpstr, "ap") == 0) {
 		*type = NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED;
-		fprintf(stderr, "See http://wireless.kernel.org/RTFM-AP.\n");
-		return 2;
-	} else if (strcmp(tpstr, "ap") == 0) {
-		*type = NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED;
-		fprintf(stderr, "See http://wireless.kernel.org/RTFM-AP.\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "You need to run a management daemon, e.g. hostapd,\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "see http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "for more information on how to do that.\n");
 		return 2;
 	} else if (strcmp(tpstr, "__ap") == 0) {
 		*type = NL80211_IFTYPE_AP;