From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.vyatta.com ([216.93.170.194]:40201 "EHLO mail.vyatta.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753330AbYDHTEL (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Apr 2008 15:04:11 -0400 Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:04:03 -0500 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez Cc: wimax@linuxwimax.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050 Message-ID: <20080408140403.3e7191bb@speedy> (sfid-20080408_200417_151768_1C5ABFF6) In-Reply-To: <200804011107.38563.inaky@linux.intel.com> References: <200804011107.38563.inaky@linux.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Looking at the kernel/user interface: wimax-tools-1.1/lib/op-open.c This API is repeating the mistake of the old Linux Wireless API. It is putting version checks between kernel and library and this is a maintenance nightmare. Linux API's are not COM. Versioning is a mistake. Use a TLA api like netlink so it can be extensible without version handshake. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050 Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:04:03 -0500 Message-ID: <20080408140403.3e7191bb@speedy> References: <200804011107.38563.inaky@linux.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: wimax-BPSAo7wm5JOHVYUYWc+uSQ@public.gmane.org, linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200804011107.38563.inaky-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-wireless-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Looking at the kernel/user interface: wimax-tools-1.1/lib/op-open.c This API is repeating the mistake of the old Linux Wireless API. It is putting version checks between kernel and library and this is a maintenance nightmare. Linux API's are not COM. Versioning is a mistake. Use a TLA api like netlink so it can be extensible without version handshake. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html