Return-path: Received: from crystal.sipsolutions.net ([195.210.38.204]:47386 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751484AbXLJMe6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:34:58 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] introduce WEXT scan capabilities From: Johannes Berg To: Dan Williams Cc: Dave , "David S. Miller" , linux-wireless , John Linville In-Reply-To: <1197289394.6035.63.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20071210_122324_683415_A737E009) References: <1197073366.4563.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20071207.181221.09900510.davem@davemloft.net> <1197221467.9149.31.camel@localhost.localdomain> <475C3538.1070501@gmail.com> <1197225300.9149.74.camel@localhost.localdomain> (sfid-20071210_002335_513389_B559D9A5) <1197289394.6035.63.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20071210_122324_683415_A737E009) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-aa91SjzQY6O8v9AEEmXn" Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:34:52 +0100 Message-Id: <1197290092.6035.67.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20071210_123501_563718_E6816913) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-aa91SjzQY6O8v9AEEmXn Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 13:23 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > [what happened here with all the gmane addresses??] >=20 > > > Since iw_range is not packed, there are a few locations where there > > is some padding. You could quite easily shoehorn an 8 bit bitmask into > > the existing structure without impacting backward compatibility > > (unless userspace is using the padding for something). For example: >=20 > Ouch. But possible since we cannot do this. Eh. I mean. Possible since we cannot expand the structure. johannes --=-aa91SjzQY6O8v9AEEmXn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIVAwUAR10yaqVg1VMiehFYAQLgrRAAkkugN9LsawQWJmEwFr3v9rLBMMsY42xx SxdItzbilCbXFCfPopi0q2VESaMvgqQJZWGaS7EDpFFS7thpMb+OD64raP52r2U0 rl7vJUqC88fmKpalEtxFMWMEagXIlNjWNxUeUp9aBcBeDEN/UqGbTj7XXr20x1dM vlnQMon3tqRjZql0zWCmtmGT/QqcZbfoYfpW9Aq8MXHd+RHGlJh+KiA5Wd0eldf8 Ojpi3XLLMZ0gD22nbUIeWPKME7OHFFDSnswFxfSdQXdIp31VFSD//ZTqiNLO/K1T MQfeIFR0KiGLFRL6uvFBGHtpDAsltBHJwTxGs7ldfuMXChofHBqTBp+kbdkFGDYN gYO3+5aDWolIS3jfJ/HJQgDSkuDgj2k9qr24gB7QtNYwzCdMsU5d2cxbkophrOU5 AbvZmjkkZ7n0Ftrj79UO/joHUQx6aPLgUCKBAw4I5wifUirnkTgO1T+nBWsyOAWw Z+Yio8xFnocI80T3WX5Oy6KClwjZdxwyqiw81LBTpw4CsqY+Y9k+gocSX/0tDler Y+MLYzHIv9bZmaDlf0TIKH1OtJ5SytHkKqknnDEnOXGwWP7J8xfs3pKGuTACgFeU du44JH0mDdmgQc3uEYMzJvIAaOzCMkh5XKEUumjQ/XNYldoJ3fW0aUzoxNBH8xbz aegOgA0XHi0= =EITJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-aa91SjzQY6O8v9AEEmXn--