Return-path: Received: from crystal.sipsolutions.net ([195.210.38.204]:58549 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756559AbXKNPZz (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:25:55 -0500 Subject: Re: Virtual wireless network card for mac80211 From: Johannes Berg To: "John W. Linville" Cc: Henning Rogge , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20071114150839.GA6226@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20071114_150909_422701_3EF1A531) References: <200711141316.50393.rogge@fgan.de> <20071114150839.GA6226@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20071114_150909_422701_3EF1A531) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-aDqkIqrSi/6iqgKrK3f7" Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:27:11 +0100 Message-Id: <1195054031.4091.22.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20071114_152618_681624_383EC639) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-aDqkIqrSi/6iqgKrK3f7 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > No, but I have been thinking about this as well. It might be a nice > capability to have, so long as the regulatory spectre continues to > discourage some vendors from disclosing information about their > hardware. At least such a scenario seems less grey w.r.t. GPL > compliance. This could be doable with a shim driver and uio, but you'd need at least some DMA engine programming etc. in the kernel. But you want that anyway. johannes --=-aDqkIqrSi/6iqgKrK3f7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIVAwUARzsTzqVg1VMiehFYAQLmvg//ZHsX0+iQa8acWo8igEbbSydc3kDJuNZp MoDBm02Pv1cxSyPtI4ktRHT//x2dmrygUO9425Bd5Xf5UoMWhCYi0W8rL68y/Tjz aJ2G1HIqQhJ8K5C8/w2y+TKYJ4zChSrSY2l0CnsWCkZPr2VslI/l/fNkFLyno/xV XFGUce/H1LieWwQCXspU4sweEE8nn2CUBcr61tzKlnJwiMRmQGGaXP7OFh9+c4Mq QYhd3vlYMuPyalUDYa9JyB3sB9GLyM2EiuMw6Ok0m3nE/kTAuLiJ2Gtp+DYpZL8f znxjhZT97dW/fN4XvHgvpq7TcMKr/0f7wXBSO27cUofYy0zsNO2vcrsCAu5BhK8W XfaRfGC9JFVCyrYXSDfbovV9tdyQfTE+Zh7H3vOOEX1qKFG67vrLe6yM/08rDcXI VCALvMRJYUyGD4m2WORLjS2+wIdJUMUlnpWficLAKP0ikUYGry3H5vzVClr68f/p vXlCQyT/QcneKb8nR1Cg1ggv5h/DsyBykGQRNceLnijumoBw4+CEuPMsZPUEodFM 8FBBoIA37p7vG6Uxtv+jiQAKt8VNqaGFFAwZhVUBDwI3pmo5M44532P34PPp3uo3 AWaxxl44gKRSSCeA3Eiw5TCXqKL1SE6E/Wb+xgBbsLParkLGcCvjVoeo8qXOV1Uv E3NNhimGI4Y= =b03z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-aDqkIqrSi/6iqgKrK3f7--