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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:32:50 -0500
From: David Acker <dacker@roinet.com>
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To: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
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	Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@cozybit.com>,
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Subject: Re: [Madwifi-devel] Survey: What are you using MadWifi for, and why?
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Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
>> The problem with switching to ath5k would be the loss of performance 
>> related features (compression, fast frames, turbo), and some required 
>> features (half/quarter rates are required for some channels on some 
>> radios).  Also, I don't know if ath5k will work on products based on 
>> Atheros WiSOCs like Ubiquiti's PicoStation and Bullet.  A lesser issue 
>> (more of a pain for me than an ath5k issue) is that I have some 
>> platforms that use an older kernel and moving up to a newer kernel will 
>> have to be done without hardware vendor support.
> 
> and that is exactly not a valid point to include MadWifi into the
> staging tree. If you are running older kernels, the staging tree doesn't
> help you at all.

True.  I happen to agree that Madwifi shouldn't go into staging.  I 
would rather see the features I noted ported into ath5k.  Thanks!
-ack