Return-path: Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.158]:23849 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751256AbZIARsB convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Sep 2009 13:48:01 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 22so156382fge.1 for ; Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:48:03 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090901173822.GG8261@mosca> References: <1251820465-11104-1-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> <20090901163300.GA29047@jm.kir.nu> <20090901171848.GF8261@mosca> <69e28c910909011028i25fba508t9e68fb24168193eb@mail.gmail.com> <20090901173822.GG8261@mosca> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor_Stefanik?= Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 19:47:43 +0200 Message-ID: <69e28c910909011047p2ecb7f9fg84b4089a70d1be5c@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] wireless: update mac80211 kconfig entry To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: Luis Rodriguez , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2009/9/1 Luis R. Rodriguez : > On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 10:28:35AM -0700, G?bor Stefanik wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> > On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 09:33:00AM -0700, Jouni Malinen wrote: >> >> On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 08:54:25AM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> >> > + ? ? ? SoftMAC devices. SoftMAC devices allow for a finer control of the >> >> >> >> Again, I don't really like the term "SoftMAC" here.. >> > >> > What's a better term? >> > >> >> "Software-based", "Software-MAC", "Software-defined", or anything that >> neither implies that the stack is designed for PrismGT (the >> capitalization "SoftMAC" comes from Intersil AFAIK), nor allows >> confusion with ieee80211softmac (which could result if we write it >> with all small letters as "softmac"). > > Indeed, I picked up 'SoftMAC' and 'FullMAC' terminology from the prism54 days > after they decided to move in that direction as others were or already had. For > better or for worse I have been using 'SoftMAC' throughout wireless.kernel.org > documentation to distinguish between 'FullMAC' cards. I really have not been > able to find any other suitable replacements, are there legal reasons to not use > such terms? > > I thought 'mac80211' name was brilliant as it highlighted the main focus for the > module, to focus on the MAC frame processing, I just cannot think of any > description for it other than something to support SoftMAC cards. The description isn't the problem - the term "SoftMAC" is, due to its connections with ieee80211softmac. Even "Software MAC" would be better here. > > ?Luis > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-)