From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from crystal.sipsolutions.net ([195.210.38.204]:35871 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946091AbXBPUQg (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:16:36 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] cfg/nl80211: remove legacy network id From: Johannes Berg To: Dan Williams Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, John Linville , Jiri Benc In-Reply-To: <1171653136.4153.42.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <20070215144241.847938000@sipsolutions.net> <20070215144300.830181000@sipsolutions.net> <1171653136.4153.42.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-6nNMHoQHeOiPhxORSaT3" Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:16:29 +0100 Message-Id: <1171656989.3575.8.camel@johannes.berg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-6nNMHoQHeOiPhxORSaT3 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 14:12 -0500, Dan Williams wrote: > Don't we still need the WEXT compat bits for nwid? Or are we just axing > it entirely? What legacy drivers actually use this that are still in > the kernel? Well, I was thinking that we'll probably never get around to converting those legacy drivers that use nwid to cfg80211. And when/if we do we can add it back. johannes --=-6nNMHoQHeOiPhxORSaT3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iD8DBQBF1hEd/ETPhpq3jKURAkdhAJ9S5JJx8+NSdmaVJvc/OBPyr5NMpACgjCum EX5WadrUjUXx60N5AjuCFEg= =5vhH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-6nNMHoQHeOiPhxORSaT3--