netdev
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [PATCH 2.6] Intersil Prism54 wireless driver

To: jt@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] Intersil Prism54 wireless driver
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 17:29:14 +0000
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, prism54-devel@xxxxxxxxxxx, "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <20040310172114.GA8867@bougret.hpl.hp.com>; from jt@bougret.hpl.hp.com on Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 09:21:14AM -0800
Mail-followup-to: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, jt@xxxxxxxxxx, prism54-devel@xxxxxxxxxxx, "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
References: <20040304023524.GA19453@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <20040310165548.A24693@infradead.org> <20040310172114.GA8867@bougret.hpl.hp.com>
Sender: netdev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx
User-agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 09:21:14AM -0800, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> > --- linux-2.6.3/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/isl_wds.c      Thu Jan  1 
> > 00:00:00 1970
> > +++ linux-2.6.3-prism54/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/isl_wds.c      Thu Mar 
> >  4 02:00:01 2004
> > 
> >     WDS doesn't belong into a driver but in higher-level code.
> 
>       The big 802.11 reorg can only happen when HostAP is in the
> kernel.

I don't quite understand that comment.  This feature doesn't belong into
a driver.  Whether it's some day implemented in a hypothetic 802.11 midlayer
that can only be done with another driver merged is a different question,
isn't it?

> 
>       Regards,
> 
>       Jean
> 
---end quoted text---

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>