Return-path: Received: from smtp.rutgers.edu ([128.6.72.243]:61210 "EHLO annwn14.rutgers.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965352AbXDKUd0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:33:26 -0400 From: Michael Wu To: mabbas Subject: Re: [patch 2/5] Add basic support for IEEE 802.11n discovery and association Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:29:50 -0400 Cc: "John W. Linville" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Jouni Malinen , "Simon Barber" References: <1174909105.1364.53.camel@dell-4965.jf.intel.com> <20070411194059.GA2436@tuxdriver.com> <461D3F48.70004@linux.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <461D3F48.70004@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1730785.6ohWs9ZEik"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Message-Id: <200704111630.06160.flamingice@sourmilk.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --nextPart1730785.6ohWs9ZEik Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 11 April 2007 16:04, mabbas wrote: > I am not familiar with userspace mlme what needed to be done? mac80211 has a userspace mlme mode which defers all things dealing with=20 management frames to userspace (wpa_supplicant). It basically disables all= =20 the code in ieee80211_sta.c and routes management frames to a special=20 interface where wpa_supplicant (or hostap) handles things. This is preferre= d=20 and the ieee80211_sta.c code is there for backwards compatibility. No major features should be added to the in-kernel MLME (ieee80211_sta.c) b= ut=20 even more importantly, your patch series does not provide the appropriate=20 hooks for a userspace MLME to support a driver using this 802.11n API. =2DMichael Wu --nextPart1730785.6ohWs9ZEik Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBGHUVOT3Oqt9AH4aERAoUpAJ9Jw1aXu/ARJdOJp98kmxwnerlhzQCgxlwE +GVV8XB5z9BWTtpRVI0IoV4= =mStM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1730785.6ohWs9ZEik-- -: To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org: More majordomo info at http: //vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html