Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932268AbWJCOiG (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Oct 2006 10:38:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932263AbWJCOiG (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Oct 2006 10:38:06 -0400 Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:27657 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932269AbWJCOiD (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Oct 2006 10:38:03 -0400 Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 10:30:18 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Dan Williams Cc: Theodore Tso , Alessandro Suardi , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , jt@hpl.hp.com, Andrew Morton , Norbert Preining , hostap@shmoo.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: wpa supplicant/ipw3945, ESSID last char missing Message-ID: <20061003143012.GC23912@tuxdriver.com> References: <20061002111537.baa077d2.akpm@osdl.org> <20061002185550.GA14854@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <200610022147.03748.rjw@sisk.pl> <1159822831.11771.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20061002212604.GA6520@thunk.org> <5a4c581d0610021508hdc331f0w7c9b71c3944d4d8b@mail.gmail.com> <1159877574.2879.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20061003124902.GB23912@tuxdriver.com> <20061003133845.GG2930@thunk.org> <1159884779.2855.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1159884779.2855.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1332 Lines: 32 On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 10:12:59AM -0400, Dan Williams wrote: > On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 09:38 -0400, Theodore Tso wrote: > > John, has the wireless community considered creating a new interface > > which *is* carefully designed, and supporting both the new and the > > legacy interface for 2-3 years until all of the mainstream > > Yes, nl80211/cfg80211 (sent to netdev@ last week) is the likely > successor. Please, if you have suggestions for ABI/API-proofability, > review the patch and post suggestions! We all know a carefully designed > is not just about the code, but about the semantics, structures, etc as > well. It would be quite valuable to have everyone's input to make sure > it's as future-proof as possible. Dan is quick on his keyboard today! :-) As Dan points-out, there is serious work underway on the next generation wireless management A[BP]I. That work is (perhaps unfortunately) closely linked to the new wireless stack work currently underway. John P.S. Ted, thanks for your calm and respectful communications! -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com - 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/