Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:2646 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752530AbXGXVF0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:05:26 -0400 Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:30:35 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Stephen Clark Cc: Axj , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [ipw3945-devel] Request for help... Message-ID: <20070724203035.GG24344@tuxdriver.com> References: <1185289332.46a61474a444c@mail.bluebottle.com> <20070724161226.GA24344@tuxdriver.com> <46A64503.1080003@seclark.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <46A64503.1080003@seclark.us> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 02:29:23PM -0400, Stephen Clark wrote: > Just being a user I am not sure what you mean by come back to working > with community? None of > their stuff is hidden is it? Does "the community" make it so hard to get > stuff included that it is > not worth the pain for Intel? Very simple -- conduct mac80211 development in public on a mailing list appropriate to discussion of an in-kernel component rather than hiding on a mailing list that is ostensibly for development of a specific driver. As the authors of the patches it is incumbent on Intel to post them for inclusion upstream. That is the price of good citizenship in the Linux community. John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com