Return-path: Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]:37185 "EHLO fencepost.gnu.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754894AbXEARMy (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 May 2007 13:12:54 -0400 Received: from proski by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HivrY-00004w-W6 for linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 01 May 2007 13:10:05 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: mark as experimental From: Pavel Roskin To: Dan Williams Cc: Jiri Benc , Linux Wireless , "John W. Linville" In-Reply-To: <1178020272.21671.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <20070430201742.1f53aa40@griffin.suse.cz> <1177969723.26986.30.camel@dv> <1178020272.21671.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 13:12:48 -0400 Message-Id: <1178039568.11535.7.camel@dv> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 07:51 -0400, Dan Williams wrote: > On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 17:48 -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 20:17 +0200, Jiri Benc wrote: > > > Make the stack depend on EXPERIMENTAL. Also, change the name from "dscape" > > > to "mac80211". > > > > Why is it needed to make mac80211 EXPERIMENTAL? With mac80211 already > > in Ubuntu 7.04 and in the forthcoming Fedora 7, it must have received > > more testing than some drivers not marked as EXPERIMENTAL. > > It's still just not there yet, especially WRT compatibility behavior for > WEXT. I don't know if that justifies EXPERIMENTAL status, but most > drivers don't appear to be production ready, from user reports. That's my whole point. Mark the drivers experimental, not the common code. I think the issues affecting WEXT in non-mac80211 drivers by cfg80211 were fixed in December or so. But anyway, it's better to have "experimental" mac80211 in the kernel than no mac80211 at all. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin