Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263275AbTEOAts (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 20:49:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263309AbTEOAts (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 20:49:48 -0400 Received: from palrel13.hp.com ([156.153.255.238]:61341 "EHLO palrel13.hp.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263275AbTEOAtp (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 20:49:45 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 18:02:32 -0700 To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Dave Jones , Linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: airo and firmware upload (was Re: 2.6 must-fix list, v3) Message-ID: <20030515010231.GA12167@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> <3EC2D6FB.5050700@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EC2D6FB.5050700@pobox.com> 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: 1336 Lines: 37 On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 07:53:31PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > 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. > > > Correct. > > _I_ didn't refuse the crypto, Linus did. But that was a positive step, > that kicked off inclusion of crypto into the kernel. > > airo and HostAP do indeed need to use CryptoAPI not reimplement their > own crypto, though... > > Jeff Ok, this point is clarified as well. I'll communicate downstream. 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/