Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 01 Jan 2015 11:56:14 +0100 | From | Andreas Hartmann <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Revert "cfg80211: make WEXT compatibility unselectable" |
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Arend van Spriel wrote: > On 12/31/14 16:14, Andreas Hartmann wrote: [...] >> All in all: >> If you want to get rid of wext, you still have to go a *very* long way >> to get the same *stable* and high throughput quality with *all* chips >> depending on mac80211 and not just a few flagship drivers like Atheros. > > Hi Andreas, > > That's a nice list of unrelated stuff. This has all nothing to do with > WEXT. Actually, you can build rt5572sta with cfg80211 support > (RT_CFG80211_SUPPORT).
You seem to know sources I don't know off. Could you please tell me, where to find them?
I have DPO_RT5572_LinuxSTA_2.6.0.1_20120629 which doesn't compile with HAS_CFG80211_SUPPORT=y because -DCONFIG_AP_SUPPORT, on which RT_CFG80211_SUPPORT relies, is broken.
DPO_RT5572_LinuxSTA_2.6.1.3_20121022 removed the necessary broken AP code completely.
> This thread is about the configuration API and > not about driver performance.
I know.
I tried to show, why WEXT as a whole is still necessary even if there is a mac80211 based driver, because of the weakness of rt2800usb: Nip it in the bud.
Kind regards, Andreas
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