Return-path: Received: from mx51.mymxserver.com ([85.199.173.110]:42960 "EHLO mx51.mymxserver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750802AbYIYGef (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:34:35 -0400 From: Holger Schurig To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] wireless: consolidate on a single escape_essid implementation Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:34:07 +0200 Cc: "John W. Linville" , "Luis R. Rodriguez" References: <1222294536-24367-1-git-send-email-linville@tuxdriver.com> <20080924232453.GG9187@tesla> <20080924233234.GE3639@tuxdriver.com> In-Reply-To: <20080924233234.GE3639@tuxdriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200809250834.07781.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> (sfid-20080925_083440_223989_866F07A7) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > the libertas, ipw2100, and ipw2200 drivers don't use cfg80211 > (at least for now). Yeah, Dan once spoke about using cfg80211 for libertas, but at that time I didn't saw the point. Hmm, I actually don't see the point now :-) But libertas (with debug code compiled in) uses escape_essid() and thus can easily be using the lib80211.