Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932642AbWAFWTX (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jan 2006 17:19:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932640AbWAFWTX (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jan 2006 17:19:23 -0500 Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:33671 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932577AbWAFWTW (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jan 2006 17:19:22 -0500 Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:18:36 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20060106.141836.41371212.davem@davemloft.net> To: dlang@digitalinsight.com Cc: kaber@trash.net, marcel@holtmann.org, mbuesch@freenet.de, jgarzik@pobox.com, bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Bcm43xx-dev] [Fwd: State of the Union: Wireless] From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: References: <1136549423.7429.88.camel@localhost> <43BE6697.3030009@trash.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2.53 on Emacs 21.4 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 630 Lines: 14 From: David Lang Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 14:16:17 -0800 (PST) > character devices are far easier to script. this really sounds like the > type of configuration stuff that sysfs was designed for. can we avoid yet > another configuration tool that's required? netlink is being recommended exactly because it can result in only needing one tool for everything - 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/