Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751362AbVLEOUA (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2005 09:20:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751364AbVLEOUA (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2005 09:20:00 -0500 Received: from mail2.genealogia.fi ([194.100.116.229]:18084 "EHLO mail2.genealogia.fi") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751362AbVLEOUA (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2005 09:20:00 -0500 Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 06:19:35 -0800 From: Jouni Malinen To: Michael Buesch Cc: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Feyd Subject: Re: [Bcm43xx-dev] Broadcom 43xx first results Message-ID: <20051205141935.GC8940@jm.kir.nu> References: <200512042058.30801.mbuesch@freenet.de> <20051205055012.GE8953@jm.kir.nu> <200512051208.16241.mbuesch@freenet.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200512051208.16241.mbuesch@freenet.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1353 Lines: 31 On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 12:08:16PM +0100, Michael Buesch wrote: > The SoftMAC is a separate module. That is _good_, so devices like > the ipw do not have to load the code, because they do not need it. > The SoftMAC ties (and integrates) very close to the ieee80211 subsystem. I like the modular design.. > You see that SoftMAC is not exactly a part or the ieee80211 subsystem, > but it uses its interface to TX a frame (and the struct to get > some information about the device). .. but I disagree with this. If there is functionality like generating management frames, it is very much part of the ieee80211 subsystem in my opinion. > This all works fine. There is absolutely no need to bloat the > ieee80211 layer with functionality, which is not needed by all devices. I'm afraid of this leading to duplicated work since ieee80211 stack is being used without this new SoftMAC code for devices that do need host CPU to take care of functionality that is currently in SoftMAC module and will be added to ieee80211 subsystem. -- Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA - 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/