Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263280AbTEOAm3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 20:42:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263286AbTEOAm3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 20:42:29 -0400 Received: from palrel12.hp.com ([156.153.255.237]:12503 "EHLO palrel12.hp.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263280AbTEOAm1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 20:42:27 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 17:55:08 -0700 To: Dave Jones , Linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: airo and firmware upload (was Re: 2.6 must-fix list, v3) Message-ID: <20030515005508.GA12037@bougret.hpl.hp.com> Reply-To: jt@hpl.hp.com References: <20030514211222.GA10453@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <3EC2BDEC.6020401@pobox.com> <20030514233235.GA11581@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <20030514234359.GB9898@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030514234359.GB9898@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Organisation: HP Labs Palo Alto Address: HP Labs, 1U-17, 1501 Page Mill road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. E-mail: jt@hpl.hp.com From: Jean Tourrilhes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1349 Lines: 33 On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 12:43:59AM +0100, Dave Jones wrote: > On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 04:32:35PM -0700, Jean Tourrilhes wrote: > > > While we are on the subject : a few months ago, Javier added > > support for MIC to the airo driver. It's basically crypto based on > > AES. You refused to include that part in the kernel because crypto was > > not accepted in the kernel. > > Fast forward : today we have crypto in the 2.5.X kernel. Does > > this mean that you would have no objection accepting a patch from > > Javier including the crypto part ? > > Sounds like it would be better to get it using the in-kernel crypto > stuff rather than reimplementing its own routines. Same for the HostAP > driver. > > Dave For HostAP, the kernel crypto doesn't include any RC4 support, so it can't use kernel crypto as it is. For airo, crypto was added before kernel crypto was available in the kernel, and I don't know how easy it will be to refactor the code. I just wanted to know the position of Jeff on this issue. I'll let the technical decision to the respective authors. Thanks... Jean - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/