Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:50376 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753644AbYKLSQJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:16:09 -0500 Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:02:28 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Harvey Harrison Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] lib80211: absorb crypto bits from net/ieee80211 Message-ID: <20081112180228.GC2411@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20081112_191620_795769_00B55502) References: <1226440265-21240-1-git-send-email-linville@tuxdriver.com> <1226508514.5368.21.camel@brick> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1226508514.5368.21.camel@brick> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 08:48:34AM -0800, Harvey Harrison wrote: > On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 16:51 -0500, John W. Linville wrote: > > These bits are shared already between ipw2x00 and hostap, and could > > probably be shared both more cleanly and with other drivers. This > > commit simply relocates the code to lib80211 and adjusts the drivers > > appropriately. > > > > Signed-off-by: John W. Linville > > --- > > Wouldn't it have been better to start from the mac80211 crypto bits > as lib80211 and modify hostap/ipw2x00 to use the 'new' lib80211 > crypto bits? I'm sorry, but you forgot to attach your patches... -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@tuxdriver.com of your literate lifestyle.