Return-path: Received: from mail-wg0-f50.google.com ([74.125.82.50]:40204 "EHLO mail-wg0-f50.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751598AbbAMNul (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jan 2015 08:50:41 -0500 Received: by mail-wg0-f50.google.com with SMTP id a1so3030664wgh.9 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2015 05:50:40 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <54B522AC.6050901@gmail.com> (sfid-20150113_145045_993386_4743A738) Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 14:50:36 +0100 From: wim torfs MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Avinash Patil CC: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: mwifiex - question References: <1421065496-1968-1-git-send-email-patila@marvell.com>,<54B51EF1.60200@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Avinash, Thanks for the clarification. Obviously I missed the most important part of the path, which caused the confusion. Thanks, Wim. On 01/13/2015 02:44 PM, Avinash Patil wrote: > Hi Wim, > > Mwifiex is FullMac driver; we have our own thick FW for managing MLME. This is reason why we do not use mac80211. > Mwifiex is very much located under drivers/net/wireless; its not in net/wireless. net/wireless has cfg80211 driver. > > Thanks, > Avinash. > ________________________________________ > From: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org [linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of wim torfs [wtorfs@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 7:04 PM > To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org > Subject: mwifiex - question > > Hi, > > I just noticed - from the mails passing through - that mwifiex is > located in net/wireless and that it contains its own functions besides > those of mac80211, while the description on the wiki mentions that it is > a driver for Marvell SDIO chips. > > Is there any specific reason why it is not using mac80211 and why it is > located in net/wireless instead of drivers/net/wireless, or is this an > artifact of past choices that need to be cleaned up? > > Thanks, > Wim. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html