Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:44231 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750861AbXJKECc (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:02:32 -0400 Subject: Re: [ipw3945-devel] mac80211/iwlwifi + hidden ssids From: Dan Williams To: "John W. Linville" Cc: "Ferguson, Dana R" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ipw3945-devel In-Reply-To: <20071010181019.GJ5962@tuxdriver.com> References: <4616099B20F1F24C8ADC5B1BFE2A0F88037D3D8B@fmsmsx413.amr.corp.intel.com> <4616099B20F1F24C8ADC5B1BFE2A0F88037D3DBF@fmsmsx413.amr.corp.intel.com> <20071010181019.GJ5962@tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:03:08 -0400 Message-Id: <1192075388.31110.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> (sfid-20071011_050236_133909_B99997A9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 14:10 -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 10:54:46AM -0700, Ferguson, Dana R wrote: > > Hey, > > > > I bit more info. I am hearing it is a Cisco CCX feature and will not be > > included in the open source code. > > > > Dana > > Huh? I'm not sure what "it" is? Care to elaborate? Yeah, it's unclear. CCX should have _nothing_ to do with hidden SSID support since hidden SSIDs (and workarounds to support them) existed waaay before Cisco coughed up CCX. Dan > I do find it dismaying to hear that Intel is holding back wireless > compatibility features from Linux... > > John