From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:3948 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946490AbXBIOoZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Feb 2007 09:44:25 -0500 Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 07:35:31 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Holger Schurig Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, marvell8385-devel@linuxtogo.org, frankh@marvell.com, rchokshi@marvell.com Subject: Re: How to start with a Marvell driver (non-USB, non-OLPC) Message-ID: <20070209123531.GB1514@tuxdriver.com> References: <200702090858.26294.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <200702090858.26294.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 08:58:26AM +0100, Holger Schurig wrote: > Now, linux-2.6.20 still has Softmac. Some projects, like the > bcm43xx, are very lively in the softwac area. d80211 is supposed > to come into the kernel since months. I guess it's an endless > task? Will it ever arive? What 80211 version should we use if > our aim is inclusion in the stock kernel? We don't plan, like > so many other project, divide our working time into a year-long > maintainance of two 80211 versions. d80211 John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com