Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:40544 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752179AbZGFMxD (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:53:03 -0400 Subject: Re: Insist on cfg80211 for new drivers? From: Johannes Berg To: "John W. Linville" Cc: Dan Williams , "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Dave , Karl Relton , dwmw2@infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20090701193657.GD3473@tuxdriver.com> References: <1246388712.4949.52.camel@localhost> <43e72e890906301217m2dec7bfaqea0472907531d21d@mail.gmail.com> <1246396179.4949.76.camel@localhost> <43e72e890906301458y197c5411yfb93ea0089ed49f3@mail.gmail.com> <1246464991.4331.18.camel@localhost> <4A4BA21F.1070101@gmail.com> <43e72e890907011112l220874bbu8db8808f666bbd4d@mail.gmail.com> <1246473300.30522.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20090701193657.GD3473@tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-ABFZ9IAPKHmrHWp7SQeo" Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:52:40 +0200 Message-Id: <1246884761.20908.11.camel@johannes.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-ABFZ9IAPKHmrHWp7SQeo Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2009-07-01 at 15:36 -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 02:35:00PM -0400, Dan Williams wrote: >=20 > > That's really all I > > care about, I don't want another WEXT-based driver accepted; I want all > > the new ones using cfg80211. >=20 > Now there is a discussion we should have had in Berlin...is it time > to insist on cfg80211-based configuration for all new drivers? Should we publish something like this: http://wireless.kernel.org/wext-statement (don't want it indexed by google yet so you need to log on to view it), for example on lwn? Just so more application developers are also aware. johannes --=-ABFZ9IAPKHmrHWp7SQeo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAABAgAGBQJKUfOVAAoJEODzc/N7+QmaxCIQAIojvjkN+lrHk5j3nS/rc+gI SXmzV6o6O9BvjzP5WWdPgevtQET/OIEBZdyRuUaRcm36Mq2dMvq31voOyaEQAVBt MDzk1rmVwWYPntOMgeCJMUUu0pb8ST4ltuevBfoAsIaAqiMLyNog5JLKU5AyPeLK JvCCAwgRY6sgxxdYOREllWtNsvi1TKd8QOCoXElkQ6wCXrQ0EjL4d56nfkuHq/nd cIvSdfLOW6z36xzAfBPFTuYmHQlSGFekrF5eLkwljhc86fuq6lxHhEOA+ZryZ49T Pfe2paJaMaL7LUqnErxFhfZVFgJZTcmasGwG0D9pXSB8F6zyeA1q4xH/zAqtK47V 9RNJUxl5TATfXog3nJxBRYXG+qw1m3nYz03vP1ksthm0Wn5lPpAIsJNRe9PlpH1Q FekY/MDdtHsaRpeuCYRGHFtOKFvnuxIK30QjlEJGNHPH60UxbBg62WdLCZx5Ip9X MXd9T0SaWZ6R2WRCT4YQHfyXzoMTHbAuu2l4KSgs+YgEBekDrJVcevmrzujQWGzU f4dPhWewGe7AHwt4fn2m+/H08O2THiiZjvYegtkY2dhkddP29Qh0uG0pgc+AyoQu fJMmrKAR1ypoMxsLblKe6kKMlyT9of5e8c9giW65pguUIklEFspUQk+eIc0Kk2IP VBOlo1vv52MdfEqc8djj =JuIg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-ABFZ9IAPKHmrHWp7SQeo--