On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 08:13:48PM +0100, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 09:13:31PM +0300, Mikhail wrote:
> > Not very intuitive thing, could have saved me some time in the past.
> > 
> > Worth a commit?
> > 
> 
> hi.
> 
> although it might not seem it initially, i think ifconfig is quite
> intuitive. it has options, and you can deselect them by prefixing them
> with "-".

Another argument can be that EXAMPLES section has no example with
deleting (deselecting) of an option. But I understand, I drop the patch.

> so i don;t see any real benefit in adding your proposed change.
> 
> having said that, although "mediaopt monitor" should work (as you
> describe), it should be quicker to just use "monitor" and "-monitor" to
> flip it on and off. i say should, because i haven;t tried it and don;t
> want to go through the rigmarole of disconnectioning this machine to
> test it.
 
For me those two have different behavior, with

ifconfig iwx0 monitor
ifconfig iwx0 chan 1

I still see frames from original channel and some others, like the
interface is in scan mode.

ifconfig iwx0 mediaopt monitor
ifconfig iwx0 chan 1

I can see only chan 1 frames, which I usually want.