* cfg80211 conversion of all drivers @ 2010-03-12 1:22 ` Luis R. Rodriguez 0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Luis R. Rodriguez @ 2010-03-12 1:22 UTC (permalink / raw) To: devel; +Cc: linux-wireless, linux-kernel Staging developers, if you would like to get your hands wet with some 802.11 work, there are some 802.11 drivers which need conversion to cfg80211. The list is here: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/todo-list/cfg80211-conversion Takers are greatly appreciated. Thanks, Luis ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* cfg80211 conversion of all drivers @ 2010-03-12 1:22 ` Luis R. Rodriguez 0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Luis R. Rodriguez @ 2010-03-12 1:22 UTC (permalink / raw) To: devel; +Cc: linux-wireless, linux-kernel Staging developers, if you would like to get your hands wet with some 802.11 work, there are some 802.11 drivers which need conversion to cfg80211. The list is here: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/todo-list/cfg80211-conversion Takers are greatly appreciated. Thanks, Luis ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: cfg80211 conversion of all drivers 2010-03-12 1:22 ` Luis R. Rodriguez @ 2010-03-12 1:56 ` Gábor Stefanik -1 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Gábor Stefanik @ 2010-03-12 1:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Luis R. Rodriguez; +Cc: devel, linux-wireless, linux-kernel On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:22 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@gmail.com> wrote: > Staging developers, if you would like to get your hands wet with some > 802.11 work, there are some 802.11 drivers which need conversion to > cfg80211. The list is here: > > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/todo-list/cfg80211-conversion > > Takers are greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Luis > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > May I ask you why hostap is "to be killed"? What is the alternative? -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: cfg80211 conversion of all drivers @ 2010-03-12 1:56 ` Gábor Stefanik 0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Gábor Stefanik @ 2010-03-12 1:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Luis R. Rodriguez; +Cc: devel, linux-wireless, linux-kernel On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:22 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@gmail.com> wrote: > Staging developers, if you would like to get your hands wet with some > 802.11 work, there are some 802.11 drivers which need conversion to > cfg80211. The list is here: > > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/todo-list/cfg80211-conversion > > Takers are greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Luis > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > May I ask you why hostap is "to be killed"? What is the alternative? -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: cfg80211 conversion of all drivers 2010-03-12 1:56 ` Gábor Stefanik @ 2010-03-12 2:53 ` John W. Linville -1 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: John W. Linville @ 2010-03-12 2:53 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Gábor Stefanik Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez, devel, linux-wireless, linux-kernel On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 02:56:31AM +0100, Gábor Stefanik wrote: > May I ask you why hostap is "to be killed"? What is the alternative? I think that is code for "replace it with something based on mac80211"... -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: cfg80211 conversion of all drivers @ 2010-03-12 2:53 ` John W. Linville 0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: John W. Linville @ 2010-03-12 2:53 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Gábor Stefanik Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez, devel, linux-wireless, linux-kernel On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 02:56:31AM +0100, Gábor Stefanik wrote: > May I ask you why hostap is "to be killed"? What is the alternative? I think that is code for "replace it with something based on mac80211"... -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: cfg80211 conversion of all drivers 2010-03-12 2:53 ` John W. Linville @ 2010-03-12 6:01 ` Gábor Stefanik -1 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Gábor Stefanik @ 2010-03-12 6:01 UTC (permalink / raw) To: John W. Linville; +Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez, devel, linux-wireless, linux-kernel 2010/3/12 John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 02:56:31AM +0100, Gábor Stefanik wrote: > >> May I ask you why hostap is "to be killed"? What is the alternative? > > I think that is code for "replace it with something based on mac80211"... Isn't Prism2 a Fullmac chipset? Anyway, as I hoped for, it is not "kill in favor of orinoco" (which also has some support for Prism2, though not as good as hostap). > > -- > John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you > linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready. > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: cfg80211 conversion of all drivers @ 2010-03-12 6:01 ` Gábor Stefanik 0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Gábor Stefanik @ 2010-03-12 6:01 UTC (permalink / raw) To: John W. Linville; +Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez, devel, linux-wireless, linux-kernel 2010/3/12 John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 02:56:31AM +0100, Gábor Stefanik wrote: > >> May I ask you why hostap is "to be killed"? What is the alternative? > > I think that is code for "replace it with something based on mac80211"... Isn't Prism2 a Fullmac chipset? Anyway, as I hoped for, it is not "kill in favor of orinoco" (which also has some support for Prism2, though not as good as hostap). > > -- > John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you > linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready. > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: cfg80211 conversion of all drivers 2010-03-12 2:53 ` John W. Linville @ 2010-03-12 7:10 ` Holger Schurig -1 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Holger Schurig @ 2010-03-12 7:10 UTC (permalink / raw) To: John W. Linville Cc: Gábor Stefanik, Luis R. Rodriguez, devel, linux-wireless, linux-kernel > I think that is code for "replace it with something based on mac80211"... That's not going to happen, hostap + orinoco both work against fullmac chips, which can't send arbitrary packets and therefore no 802.11 management frames. -- http://www.holgerschurig.de ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: cfg80211 conversion of all drivers @ 2010-03-12 7:10 ` Holger Schurig 0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Holger Schurig @ 2010-03-12 7:10 UTC (permalink / raw) To: John W. Linville Cc: Gábor Stefanik, Luis R. Rodriguez, devel, linux-wireless, linux-kernel > I think that is code for "replace it with something based on mac80211"... That's not going to happen, hostap + orinoco both work against fullmac chips, which can't send arbitrary packets and therefore no 802.11 management frames. -- http://www.holgerschurig.de ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: cfg80211 conversion of all drivers 2010-03-12 7:10 ` Holger Schurig (?) @ 2010-03-12 8:02 ` Jouni Malinen 2010-03-12 8:12 ` Holger Schurig -1 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread From: Jouni Malinen @ 2010-03-12 8:02 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Holger Schurig Cc: John W. Linville, Gábor Stefanik, Luis R. Rodriguez, devel, linux-wireless, linux-kernel On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 08:10:37AM +0100, Holger Schurig wrote: > > I think that is code for "replace it with something based on mac80211"... > > That's not going to happen, hostap + orinoco both work against fullmac chips, > which can't send arbitrary packets and therefore no 802.11 management frames. The Host AP mode in Prism 2/2.5/3 provides for a somewhat special situation.. It does actually allow sending of (almost) arbitrary packets and management frames in AP mode. In other words, it should be possible to create a mac80211-based AP mode driver for Prism 2/2.5/3 to replace the AP side of the Host AP driver. Whether anyone has enough interest and time to do that is another question, though. As far as station functionality is concerned, I would agree that mac80211 is not a good target for the Host AP driver. If AP side were to be made available as a mac80211-based driver, it could make more sense to merge station side from the Host AP driver into orinoco or some kind of combination of the driver. However, having two different drivers for same hardware issue would not go anywhere with this. One of the problems here is that the hardware is question is quite old and for many practical purposes obsolete, so finding people to work on this can get difficult. I can certainly come up with much better uses for my time.. ;-) -- Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: cfg80211 conversion of all drivers 2010-03-12 8:02 ` Jouni Malinen @ 2010-03-12 8:12 ` Holger Schurig 0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Holger Schurig @ 2010-03-12 8:12 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Jouni Malinen Cc: John W. Linville, Gábor Stefanik, Luis R. Rodriguez, devel, linux-wireless, linux-kernel > The Host AP mode in Prism 2/2.5/3 provides for a somewhat special > situation.. It does actually allow sending of (almost) arbitrary packets > and management frames in AP mode. Oh, thanks, I stand corrected. -- http://www.holgerschurig.de ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
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