From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from s131.mittwaldmedien.de ([62.216.178.31]:10842 "EHLO s131.mittwaldmedien.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753772AbXLDPyR (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Dec 2007 10:54:17 -0500 Received: from lin01.mn-solutions.de (pD95F94BA.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.95.148.186]) by s131.mittwaldmedien.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id E266D5E409F for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:54:15 +0100 (CET) Received: from mnz66.mn-solutions.de (mnz66.mn-logistik.de [192.168.233.66]) by lin01.mn-solutions.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 287151E00FD for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:51:22 +0100 (CET) From: Holger Schurig To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: questions regarding removing the depencency on CONFIG_IEEE80211 Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:54:31 +0100 References: <200712041140.07516.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> <20071204152538.GF19911@tuxdriver.com> <1196782188.26155.49.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1196782188.26155.49.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Message-Id: <200712041654.31973.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> (sfid-20071204_155421_032388_6E810936) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > It might mean more memory usage for these drivers because not > all of them need all the fields in the common BSS structure. > It may mean slightly more CPU time used to convert the > driver's internal BSS representation into the common BSS > structure. I'm mostly doing things for embedded stuff, but actually I like the benefits more than the drawbacks. +1 for your whole idea.