Return-path: Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:47111 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752427AbYJBTLV (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Oct 2008 15:11:21 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] wireless: single escape_essid implementation and related cleanups From: Dan Williams To: "John W. Linville" Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1222827352-1978-1-git-send-email-linville@tuxdriver.com> References: <1222294536-24367-1-git-send-email-linville@tuxdriver.com> <1222827352-1978-1-git-send-email-linville@tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:10:37 -0400 Message-Id: <1222974637.12505.5.camel@72-58-93-37.area3.spcsdns.net> (sfid-20081002_211125_678341_4ED67756) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 22:15 -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > This is a repost of my escape_essid consolidation. Also included are > some suggested changes from the original post and a few cleanups. There > is still plenty to be done -- of course, this isn't really high priority > work either... > > [PATCH 1/5] wireless: consolidate on a single escape_essid implementation > [PATCH 2/5] wireless: remove NETWORK_EMPTY_ESSID flag > [PATCH 3/5] wireless: escape_ssid should handle non-printables > [PATCH 4/5] wireless: use individual buffers for printing ssid values > [PATCH 5/5] wireless: avoid some net/ieee80211.h vs. linux/ieee80211.h conflicts > > Comments welcome! I like it! Though for ipw2200, the bits of code that check NETWORK_EMPTY_SSID before associating might still be valid? You can't really associate with a network (or start an adhoc network) unless you know the SSID, right? Dan