Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423050AbWAMWed (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:34:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423048AbWAMWec (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:34:32 -0500 Received: from sipsolutions.net ([66.160.135.76]:42769 "EHLO sipsolutions.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423039AbWAMWeb (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:34:31 -0500 Subject: Re: wireless: recap of current issues (stack) From: Johannes Berg To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20060113222259.GL16166@tuxdriver.com> References: <20060113195723.GB16166@tuxdriver.com> <20060113212605.GD16166@tuxdriver.com> <20060113213200.GG16166@tuxdriver.com> <20060113222259.GL16166@tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-oeYItp24XItWk5FtuXNC" Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 23:34:26 +0100 Message-Id: <1137191666.2520.68.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1856 Lines: 48 --=-oeYItp24XItWk5FtuXNC Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 17:22 -0500, John W. Linville wrote: > Can the in-kernel stack be saved? With the addition of softmac? > Is it possible to extend softmac to support virtual wlan devices? > If not, how do we proceed? Well, softmac doesn't really have too many issues [that make it incompatible with the planned stuff, that is]. Right now it layers above ieee80211_device, and it would continue doing so, with ieee80211_device transformed into the representation of the virtual STA device. johannes --=-oeYItp24XItWk5FtuXNC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (SIP Solutions) iQIVAwUAQ8gq8KVg1VMiehFYAQK90g//fPYGUY/R+NX44VIo1APZkgVdrfH0q5Zg 93FOogfIEjQgPydjLDqDn46ZVbhppOWpnYbE7uZfIcRLwl0PQjr85SOwKxkV134E DWHRD5th3iUTvPYr0LcQuwDbKHh5doIup2VCqr5Evvb4Fp7cpe8rb5Qi9ycnW8cS iPYE8eLMP0FZaaxTWLkanFhmf1ZOH6C7AOwuhJqZDxVMuGWipsbyOfeH93UZit7O xa/H7OXZUGrl9Kli7viHS5QB6kG6JX9fwKRxALZGoqPvinpDFlGvjAdW63dNHMWa kOs5o0GAgo7Rpy2802Q8N3ednwuyi4MrtHBZWWxrMWZXm7eKs3P7VIFecvT8xUU3 Pn4wMHVgqUcyx+NPwNU22y1TpXFrwPM+YT9vyng7ZuT00NYU8HN1fCihwUkU21QA MZYzgoVD3yH2/CT8hTlpzEErO6mNrqtaLwNHKGaAwJvmKWgR7qqdo/QoumZ6JLMU AkRZ8ImmkmvhMJn26kCk5hWBJermTKz3viP57IwWQcVrTOKCLjIFMfzIUjxtH03W 68Zfs1mCa8Q3D9nRL+V+5D9GrOV/ZaHAPqPTrbzFE6LiO8+2N0Sh266Y/zeM/EZm cHHm0jsFxanhuCs+3eWUdUxZCUMYXImmKlnib/sGvL9PAGGDKua97DIAGrFBmUX9 OFbYobr89OI= =qW9h -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-oeYItp24XItWk5FtuXNC-- - 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/