Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:14:03 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: w35und: add softmac interface |
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Hi!
> > > > This adds softmac interface to w35und driver... so it becomes monster > > > > driver with _two_ interfaces. > > > > > > > > If you initialize hardmac interface, then softmac starts to > > > > works... it associates to AP, and can even ping. > > > > > > > > (Or at least I hope so... it was somewhat too easy.) > > > > > > > > OK, I'm late to the party...what is this stuff going into > > > drivers/net/wireless? > > > > Actually you are about month early to the party ;-). We are trying to > > clean up winbond usb wireless driver, so that it can think about > > inclusion in kernel. > > > > http://code.google.com/p/winbondport/ > > > > Unfortunately, original driver carries its own 802.11 stack with it; > > that needs to be stripped down. (And then code needs to be rewritten > > due to horrible coding style).
> > Last weekend we have started to rewrite the whole code based on > rtl8187's softmac driver.
Hmm, I used adm* code as a template.
> The wlan0 device init with it's own mac is ok, but thats all so far. I > think it would be more sane to just drop the > old driver now (it would take more work the correct the old one), and > create a new svn branch for the softmac > only brand new one.
Really take a look at those patches. I believe I'm pretty close to dropping those upper layer code... Then, we'll be able to proceed incrementally. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html
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