Is anyone working on this stack? I asked Dave, he is hot working on it.
Or is this code dead?
On Thursday 02 September 2004 23:33, Jeff Garzik wrote:
JG> Vladimir Kondratiev wrote:
JG> > Jeff,
JG> >
JG> > On Tuesday 31 August 2004 21:21, Jeff Garzik wrote:
JG> > JG> Denis Vlasenko wrote:
JG> > JG> > I think 'senior' network guys are in position to decide upon
which JG> > JG> > of currently available 802.11 stacks we should continue to
work. JG> > JG> > (Atheros has one, said to be derived from BSD, is there
any others?) JG> > JG>
JG> > JG>
JG> > JG> Already have. Start with the code in wireless-2.6 -- HostAP -- and
use JG> > JG> DaveM's 802.11 stack template as a model for actually
integrating 802.11 JG> > JG> very tightly with the rest of the net stack.
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JG> >
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/patchkits/2.6/davem-p8
JG> > 0211.tar.bz2
JG> >
JG> > Is this stack the main one that is going to be used? I.e. if I am
working on JG> > driver for next generation .11 card - should I try to use
it, request/submitt JG> > missing features etc.? Or should I use wireless
extensions?
JG>
JG> DaveM's code is a template for how a wireless stack would look when
JG> properly and fully integrated into the net core.
JG>
JG> Although JeanT and I disagree about this, I am less interested in
JG> backwards compatibility than I am about making wireless a "first class
JG> citizen" in the kernel. As I have proven with kcompat
JG> (http://sf.net/projects/gkernel/) you can be backwards compatible while
JG> still evolving the current kernel driver API to meet current design
needs. JG>
JG> Jeff
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