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SubjectRe: libertas (private) ioctls vs. nl80211
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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