Re: [PATCH 17/19] [RFC, v2] libertas: Kconfig entry for libertas+cfg80211

Johannes Berg
2009-10-23T16:04:13Z

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On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 08:49 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:

> > - (iw_handler) lbs_set_freq, /* SIOCSIWFREQ */
> > + (iw_handler) cfg80211_wext_siwfreq,
> >
> > etc.
> >
> > That's why those exist and are exported. And that way you don't need the
> > Kconfig at all, and can remove most of the wext code.
>
> I *think* because Holger is trying to keep WEXT around for a bit,
> because cfg80211 won't be mature enough yet (IMHO, I could be wrong) by
> 2.6.33, and because it doesn't support the OLPC-style mesh stuff and the
> libertas monitor interface code. There's a few loose-ends that need to
> be tied up before a cfg80211 conversion would completely replace the
> functionality of the WEXT code.

I just don't understand why he thinks that wext and cfg80211 need to be
mutually exclusive. cfg80211 has exported its handlers for exactly this
purpose, so that you could have everything that cfg80211 supports via
it, and everything else directly.

johannes

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