Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 28 Jun 2003 00:16:06 +0200 | From | Manuel Estrada Sainz <> | Subject | Re: [Orinoco-devel] orinoco_usb Request For Comments |
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On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 05:49:59PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Manuel Estrada Sainz wrote: > > > Actually, orinoco-exp could be used as a test bed for monitor mode, > > scanning, hermesap, ... and merge it back to the standard orinoco as it > > probes to work right. For now it should be a test bed for USB support :) > [snip] > > > If you are going to create a separate driver, you should rename the > > > module. I wouldn't bother with separate modules. Just link hermes, > > > orinoco and orinoco_usb to one driver, say orinoco-usb. > > > > No, I want to stay as similar to standard orinoco as possible to make > > merging easier. > > OK, I understand you are suggesting to fork an experimental branch. Then > I suggest that we stop this discussion in LKML and return to orinoco-devel > to discuss the situation. > > There is nothing wrong with the fork if all other ways to keep the code > together have been exhausted. But since this wasn't discussed in the > orinoco-devel mailing list, I think it's too early to fork. > > One thing we haven't considered is restructuring the code to separate > common and different parts of the USB and the non-USB drivers. > > The firmware issue has been solved in the 2.5 kernels, so it shouldn't > prevent David from including your code.
Monday the latest I'll start a thread in orinoco-devel, unless you do it first :)
Regards
Manuel
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