Return-path: Received: from mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.116]:47143 "EHLO mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030236AbXCDD3u (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Mar 2007 22:29:50 -0500 Message-ID: <45EA3D21.3080203@lwfinger.net> Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:29:37 -0600 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Garzik CC: John Linville , Michael Buesch , Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcm43xx: remove ethtool References: <45ea1a34.Lf4EKmMy+KAmSkH0%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> <45EA3272.7090101@garzik.org> In-Reply-To: <45EA3272.7090101@garzik.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Jeff Garzik wrote: > Larry Finger wrote: >> Ethtool is useless for bcm43xx - remove it. >> >> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger > > How is GDRVINFO useless? Where does mac80211 provide equivalent > information? I cannot speak for mac80211, but the current implementation for SoftMAC only implements the GDRVINFO call. From it, you get that the driver is bcm43xx (big surprise), the kernel version (easier gotten by a uname -r), and the bus info. None of the operational parameters can be changed or interrogated. Is this enough to keep the ethtool interface? Because of the EOL for SoftMAC, this code will never be enhanced or extended. Does some userland code need this info? Larry