Return-path: Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:46128 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756132AbYKEQyz (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Nov 2008 11:54:55 -0500 Subject: Re: plan for libertas and mac80211 and cfg80211 From: Dan Williams To: Johannes Berg Cc: Cliff Brake , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1225900330.3619.125.camel@johannes.berg> References: (sfid-20081105_162837_225849_AF63D3FD) <1225900330.3619.125.camel@johannes.berg> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:53:02 -0500 Message-Id: <1225903982.25627.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> (sfid-20081105_175513_149574_03A3E989) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 16:52 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 10:28 -0500, Cliff Brake wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am using the marvell 8686 in several projects. Is there any plan to > > move the libertas driver to mac80211 in the future? > > There's the libertas_tf driver that uses a different firmware, the > libertas driver uses a smarter firmware that's "too smart" to be used > with mac80211. libertas_tf thin firmware is only compatible with usb8388 cards at this time. > > If not, will > > cfg80211 mechanisms be supported with this driver? > > Depends which mechanisms and who's interested in doing any work on it. Yes, we're interested in porting to cfg80211 and I definitely see that in the future. Dan