Return-path: Received: from crystal.sipsolutions.net ([195.210.38.204]:33746 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422808AbXDRKPy (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:15:54 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] WE-22 : prevent information leak on 64 bit From: Johannes Berg To: jt@hpl.hp.com Cc: "John W. Linville" , linux-wireless , netdev@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20070417170820.GB22372@bougret.hpl.hp.com> References: <20070323003116.GC2712@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <1175508410.23438.75.camel@johannes.berg> <20070417170820.GB22372@bougret.hpl.hp.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-CrSHNBiciv6FsUBsIlJ3" Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:18:11 +0200 Message-Id: <1176891491.6141.63.camel@johannes.berg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-CrSHNBiciv6FsUBsIlJ3 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jean, > First, I'm the current active maintainer of the > wext-over-netlink interface, and nobody bothered to even 'inform' me > about its removal, let alone consult with me. I definitely should have copied you on the feature-removal schedule patch for wext-over-netlink and then the actual removal in wireless-dev; please accept my apologies for not doing that, it was not done in bad faith. It was never my intention to demote you to a "second class citizen", I'm sorry you feel that way. I have previously (and multiple times) given technical justification for removing this code (even recorded in the kernel changelog now) and I contend your allegation that it is a political issue. Others in this thread have pointed out the technical issues with wext and wext/nl so I will not repeat them. I hope that despite my mistakes in handling the wext/nl removal we will be able to work together in the future to have wext fully supported with clear semantics for backwards compatibility while the kernel internally migrates towards cfg80211. johannes --=-CrSHNBiciv6FsUBsIlJ3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iD8DBQBGJfBi/ETPhpq3jKURAmQwAKCnkstoiNfYGyE6NocnCIISsRHiIACfTPzm Vx24BYZqnoPVGRm8qiu3Hek= =DqGm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-CrSHNBiciv6FsUBsIlJ3--