Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:44086 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751182AbXLJGKu (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:10:50 -0500 Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:10:48 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20071209.221048.187424680.davem@davemloft.net> (sfid-20071210_061054_746626_93F7E4E3) To: dcbw@redhat.com Cc: jt@hpl.hp.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, johannes@sipsolutions.net Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] introduce WEXT scan capabilities From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1197223174.9149.60.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <20071207.180408.55119728.davem@davemloft.net> <1197221706.9149.36.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1197223174.9149.60.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Dan Williams Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 12:59:34 -0500 > Do either of those sound better to you than extending struct > iw_range? I find it interesting that we're willing to invest so much into new WEXT hacks, but zero effort in converting the same applications over the nl80211. Even if you did it only for this new functionality, it would be 100 times better investment of your time than continuing this WEXT nightmare.