Re: [PATCH] libertas: cfg80211 support

["John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>]

On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 01:09:46AM +0100, Samuel Ortiz wrote:
> 
> From: Holger Schurig <holgerschurig@googlemail.com>
> 
> We can get rid of the libertas wext, assoc and scan code.
> The cfg80211 support is almost complete, the main missing feature being mesh
> support. There are also a few cfg80211_ops handlers missing (tx_power,
> bss_change for example).
> Monitor and STA mode are supported  and the latter have been tested on open,
> WEP, WPA and WPA2 links. At connection time, the cfg80211 bss list has to be
> populated with the BSS we're trying to join.
> Also, passive and active (broadcast and directed) scanning have been tested
> (on a specific channel and on the whole band).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Holger Schurig <holgerschurig@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>
> ---
> v1: scanning
> v2: + WEP, WPA, WPA2
> v3: + disconnect & MIC events, 11D region hint to cfg80211, auth_type TLV
> v4: + IBSS
>     + monitor mode
> v5: + Search the cfg80211 bss list for the right BSSID when connecting.
>     + Removed carrier off toggling when scanning.
>     + Slightly changed the scanning state machine: The scan worker is
> scheduled from the scan response handler, and we're checking for scan_channel
> to know if a scan is currently running.
>     + Implemented RTS and fragmentation threshold.
>     + Use the recently exported cfg80211_find_ie() routine.
> 
> In my opinion, the only missing feature (besides some small wext settings) is
> mesh, but I think this patch is ready for wireless-testing.

I'm happy to have libertas support cfg80211.  But doesn't this remove
the mesh support that the OLPC guys still use?

John
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