Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:33688 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752151AbYEUVn6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 17:43:58 -0400 Subject: Re: [RFC] make wext wireless bits optional and deprecate them From: Johannes Berg To: "John W. Linville" Cc: Marcel Holtmann , netdev , Jean Tourrilhes , linux-wireless , Linux Kernel list In-Reply-To: <20080521210352.GA11827@tuxdriver.com> References: <1211026337.3827.25.camel@johannes.berg> <1211303731.6252.105.camel@johannes.berg> <20080521210352.GA11827@tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-GgAVnm/Q+ru1odfsGrha" Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 23:37:44 +0200 Message-Id: <1211405864.3698.7.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20080521_234407_326000_20956CB6) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-GgAVnm/Q+ru1odfsGrha Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > I have filed a patch to fix HAL to use the canonical SIOCGIWNAME at > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D16037. Any further > > objections to this patch? >=20 > I think this is going to fall under the "userland ABI" category. > We can make it a configurable option, but I don't think we are free > to remove it completely since there is at least existing versions of > HAL that use it. Well, yes, I gave it a year in the feature removal schedule since I thought nobody was actually using it. But if you look at how hal/sysfs are always dependent on new versions of each other *anyway*, I think we can get away with removing this in maybe two years time, and distributors can unset the option if they know their hal is new enough? johannes --=-GgAVnm/Q+ru1odfsGrha Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIVAwUASDSWJ6Vg1VMiehFYAQL2xA//dOA4+OvOlayV5I1wpYkP2bp5Oy6YlLHy a5VGdyqJXxa0dURRNLeX5XXojoUfIrAh1OaS5kh0lVdAVsABOKXIUChloYyzR0id zlrG2TJ/f4gw7Zm/mnMDxiWCT2QrP1mCLzHbBsmFHSH61IYJ+pErLsSLYEOViLqF jRVmw4ZY2ED5LaHHi6s6R6pDvE6Mk7NSCwQufcOvK7auS+OzyqxgdzR5JmtbAKK5 02DbVHV3sxbdMzK81gXsY+l1fYAQVqiqdwMBuaxrrZ4cbeJLQDrt/XihZsr6g+kq GpTnitLxYbrLXyPAdkeSvzYnmk6MLk8i9gddMvaIuqhFI44lFSY4ysq5VtHnMCJa 3nnsSjYlA8tzY6YrPFeDzT6HE6gS1S7u98eDPgmXP1i3vis8ixfK78j2coRz7UID /qeIgldOCxkY3q3lY2/DowXFjiDVkQD9r1HWsx9WzN1pD5zdozMyEZNmCP/ayMg4 +zXgxXGzEUwj1JmSmfvbNhpCndSEsyQVnxKIL59NA7gncMgK+QADpUn+wOE/v0+9 U2FlA5BN1mUvoSGSCZObvm4uUDihH1Z2MM0tlDBotwSf9wRXXcZU+7D0S/o7mVYk dDg4ufldmY5clIbKJ23id02Mfx1IAGI5xVa1nFKXoG4OBVtgJ0mOj005KELs3cdB C+57s5Bv/ik= =ntSr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-GgAVnm/Q+ru1odfsGrha--