Return-path: Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:60759 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752498AbYKEQ5Q (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Nov 2008 11:57:16 -0500 Subject: Re: plan for libertas and mac80211 and cfg80211 From: Dan Williams To: Cliff Brake Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:55:29 -0500 Message-Id: <1225904129.25627.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> (sfid-20081105_175719_182947_98437619) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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? If not, will The libertas parts are "fullmac" parts, and implement most functionality in firmware. mac80211 is a "softmac" stack, which implements functionality on the host CPU. Thus, it's simply impossible to use mac80211 with the fullmac libertas parts (838x, 838x). Furthermore, that would be sort of counter to what the fullmac parts are supposed to be, which is embedded, power-efficient parts that don't require much interaction from the host CPU. > cfg80211 mechanisms be supported with this driver? Since cfg80211 itself is intended to be independent of mac80211, and should be able to be used as the configuration interface for all drivers, be they fullmac or softmac, yes. Dan