Return-path: Received: from 162-17-110-37-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([162.17.110.37]:49498 "EHLO stuffed.shaftnet.org" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752643Ab3KHNqp (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Nov 2013 08:46:45 -0500 Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 08:46:32 -0500 From: Solomon Peachy To: Dan Williams Cc: "John W. Linville" , Larry Finger , Greg KH , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: future of prism2_usb (aka wlan-ng) in staging tree Message-ID: <20131108134632.GB13255@shaftnet.org> (sfid-20131108_144649_125682_8AECF94B) References: <20131107160522.GA12612@shaftnet.org> <527BC04F.2080000@lwfinger.net> <20131107163719.GC12612@shaftnet.org> <20131107175201.GA2002@tuxdriver.com> <20131107185714.GD12612@shaftnet.org> <20131107191122.GD2002@tuxdriver.com> <20131107194641.GE12612@shaftnet.org> <1383863100.2391.5.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> <20131107230215.GF12612@shaftnet.org> <1383867422.2391.10.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ftEhullJWpWg/VHq" In-Reply-To: <1383867422.2391.10.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --ftEhullJWpWg/VHq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 05:37:02PM -0600, Dan Williams wrote: > > Given that there never was a hostap_usb, there's no overlap at all. If= =20 > > you have a prism2.5/3 USB widget, you'll need prism2_usb to make it mor= e=20 > > than a lousy paperweight. >=20 > Sorry, I see now I meant orinico_usb, not hostap... I'd started to write a more detailed history of the somewhat inbred=20 HFA384x chipsets, but eh, it's not particularly relevant. Suffice it to=20 say that the differences between the Orinoco and Prism2.5/3 USB hardware=20 are enough to make trying to support both with a single codebase an=20 insane proposition. - Solomon --=20 Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. --ftEhullJWpWg/VHq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFSfOs4PuLgii2759ARAiMUAJ9XQ04P0rmaSlUQUYz2hWc77KTOcwCcCsoF CmC2UA9hmEfMHmzSsU4Xrq0= =TLfK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ftEhullJWpWg/VHq--