Return-path: Received: from mms2.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.18]:3504 "EHLO mms2.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752390Ab1BQJ2m (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:28:42 -0500 Received: from mail-sj1-12.sj.broadcom.com (mail-sj1-12.sj.broadcom.com [10.17.16.106]) by mail-irva-13.broadcom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 819EF74D03 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:28:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.139] (unknown [10.177.241.53]) by mail-sj1-12.sj.broadcom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED84420501 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:28:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D5CEA2F.8050905@broadcom.com> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:28:15 +0100 From: "Roland Vossen" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: SSB AI support code References: <1297258590.17400.37.camel@dev.znau.edu.ua> <4D56851D.7000509@hauke-m.de> In-Reply-To: <4D56851D.7000509@hauke-m.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello guys, We (Broadcom) internally discussed in what way we can get involved in HDN/AI support. We offer to write a AI library module that any driver module (eg, a new AI bus driver, or b43, or brcm80211) can depend on. Similar to mac80211.ko and cfg80211.ko, the library module only offers services to interested driver modules, it does *not* claim any hardware itself. This approach improves code sharing, and still offers the driver module implementer plenty of flexibility. The AI library module code would have to be distilled from brcm80211. We propose the name 'lib_ai'. Please let me know how your thoughts. Thanks, Roland.