Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:42434 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752116AbYGPQaA (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:30:00 -0400 Subject: Re: Linux Wireless Mini-Summit -- Ottawa -- July 22, 2008 From: Dan Williams To: Johannes Berg Cc: "John W. Linville" , Guy Cohen , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1216196668.3422.2.camel@johannes.berg> References: <20080709190915.GA8238@tuxdriver.com> <247d6d340807140805gfb6523en74384f6f47469d79@mail.gmail.com> <20080715174246.GA3117@tuxdriver.com> <1216145731.13411.25.camel@localhost.localdomain> (sfid-20080715_201731_895315_46FC8F2F) <1216196668.3422.2.camel@johannes.berg> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:27:59 -0400 Message-Id: <1216225679.21973.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> (sfid-20080716_183007_476450_51F0C4E7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 10:24 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > > > Not sure exactly what you mean with this one. Are you talking about > > > the lib80211 line item? Or enhancements to the mac80211 component > > > to support full(er) MAC designs? > > > > I hope just lib80211. We shouldn't be extending mac80211 to fullmac or > > quasi-fullmac parts. But we can certainly share a lot of stuff. > > lib80211 is where I see any additional fullmac effort going. > > Just a minor point wrt. lib80211: I see little use in creating yet > another module since hopefully soon enough fullmac chipsets will bind > cfg80211 anyway so all of that stuff might as well be in there. worksforme, I don't really care where that stuff goes as long as we get it in one place :) Dan