Return-path: Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.105.134]:27973 "EHLO mgw-mx09.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754060AbYGOSU4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:20:56 -0400 To: "Dan Williams" Cc: Nicolas Pitre , Michael Buesch , Stefanik =?iso-8859-15?Q?G=E1bor?= , "John W. Linville" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux Wireless Mini-Summit -- Ottawa -- July 22, 2008 References: <20080709190915.GA8238@tuxdriver.com> <69e28c910807100912h30fcb57fpb4fb48b95c640f77@mail.gmail.com> <200807101815.27204.mb@bu3sch.de> <1216142191.6039.113.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1216144711.13411.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> From: Kalle Valo Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:20:06 +0300 In-Reply-To: <1216144711.13411.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> (ext Dan Williams's message of "Tue\, 15 Jul 2008 13\:58\:31 -0400") Message-ID: <87bq0zau21.fsf@nokia.com> (sfid-20080715_202113_458368_B87B100B) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: "Dan Williams" writes: > Some of the issues with the current Marvell 83xx GPL drivers that have > gotten out are (a) code style, (b) lots of commented out stuff that's > never used, (c) OS abstraction that's unnecessary on Linux, (d) doesn't > use mac80211, and (e) uses private ioctls. I think you just listed exactly the problems with all vendor WLAN drivers. I think Intel is the only expection here. Is there anyone else? > So hopefully you're writing a new 83xx driver from scratch :) And it always seems that this is the only viable way to solve it :) (dropping lkml and netdev from CC) -- Kalle Valo