Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:48:33 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: libertas (private) ioctls vs. nl80211 |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Christoph Hellwig wrote: >>> I suspect that the probability of your proposal succeeding would be increased >>> if you could prepare a patch... >> Here we go: > > I don't mind ripping them out, but it makes sense only if people are > actually signed up to implementing this on a higher layer. As such, I'd > need to get a sign-off from somebody actually involved in wireless mesh > stuff etc.
Correct me if I'm wrong, linux-wireless, but AFAIK there has never been a single post or line of code written for a generic wireless _mesh_ interface.
My general sentiment is -- remove the pointless and iw-duplicated ioctls, but leave the mesh ones that won't see generic counterparts for years.
Jeff
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