Return-path: Received: from s3.sipsolutions.net ([144.76.43.152]:35496 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750887Ab3KDQE3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Nov 2013 11:04:29 -0500 Message-ID: <1383581060.14295.16.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20131104_170432_762944_3D7F748A) Subject: Re: r92su: status and will it be merged anytime soon? From: Johannes Berg To: Christian Lamparter Cc: Larry Finger , Xose Vazquez Perez , linux-wireless , alexandre.f.demers@gmail.com, linville@tuxdriver.com Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 17:04:20 +0100 In-Reply-To: <2241712.PWvD8zsTbX@blech> (sfid-20131104_164804_181538_4F8FA020) References: <5277AC85.5050104@gmail.com> <5277BE84.7020808@lwfinger.net> <2241712.PWvD8zsTbX@blech> (sfid-20131104_164804_181538_4F8FA020) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 2013-11-04 at 16:47 +0100, Christian Lamparter wrote: > Be careful ;-). mac80211 is great for softmac/umac/halfmac/semimac devices. > However the rtl8712 firmware interface is fullmac-like, so it needs cfg80211. > ... and r92su uses cfg80211 exclusively. There's no more WEXT or realtek ioctl > legacy API support. still seems there's duplicate stuff in there like the michael MIC, at least lib80211 has that? OTOH, that's not all that much code. johannes