Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932539AbVLFKXp (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 05:23:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932547AbVLFKXp (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 05:23:45 -0500 Received: from sd291.sivit.org ([194.146.225.122]:3856 "EHLO sd291.sivit.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932539AbVLFKXo (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 05:23:44 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 11:23:40 +0100 From: Luc Saillard To: Kyle Moffett Cc: Jiri Benc , Michael Buesch , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, NetDev Subject: Re: Broadcom 43xx first results Message-ID: <20051206102340.GC24486@sd291.sivit.org> Mail-Followup-To: Kyle Moffett , Jiri Benc , Michael Buesch , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, NetDev References: <20051205190038.04b7b7c1@griffin.suse.cz> <200512052123.42357.mbuesch@freenet.de> <20051205214256.492421ad@griffin.suse.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1559 Lines: 32 On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 04:26:50AM -0500, Kyle Moffett wrote: > On Dec 05, 2005, at 15:42, Jiri Benc wrote: > >On Mon, 5 Dec 2005 21:23:42 +0100, Michael Buesch wrote: > >>This is __not__ "yet another stack". It is an _extension_. It is > >>all about management frames, which the in-kernel code does not > >>manage. > > > >But this code should be part of the stack, as nearly every driver > >needs it. > > WRONG. More than half the currently Linux-compatible wireless cards > handle the wireless management packets in hardware, such that they're > little more complicated than a basic ethernet device with a channel, > an ESSID, and a list of MACs/APs. > I do not want to enter in this flamewar, but the current driver i'm working on (marvell libertas chipset) need management frames in software. But to reduce cost, i think that lower chipset try to put the most in the host and not in the chipset. Marvell build the chipset around a ARM cpu so i think one day i can do it in hardware but for now i need to choose a ieee802.11 stack. I've began to used the in kernel solution with my own functions to send and received this frame. But i hope we will find a technical solution that please everyone. I'll try to see if the softmac layer written for broadcom driver can be used for my project. Luc - 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/