From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail4.sea5.speakeasy.net ([69.17.117.6]:44780 "EHLO mail4.sea5.speakeasy.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030695AbXCCRkK (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Mar 2007 12:40:10 -0500 Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 09:40:08 -0800 From: Jouni Malinen To: Johannes Berg Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: question: /sys/class/net/*/wireless Message-ID: <20070303174008.GA5081@jm.kir.nu> References: <1172920691.4966.6.camel@johannes.berg> <1172921257.4966.12.camel@johannes.berg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1172921257.4966.12.camel@johannes.berg> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 12:27:37PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > And related to that issue, /proc/net/wireless. > > Seeing that /sys/class/net/*/wireless has been around forever and offers > the same information (actually, /proc/net/wireless tries to post-process > quality values?? we can do that in sysfs too) I opt for killing it to > minimize support requirements for cfg80211. > > Unless somebody objects I intend to send a feature removal schedule > patch soon. Well, it could be added to the schedule, but taken into account how widely used /proc/net/wireless and wireless extensions are in user space programs, I don't think this should be removed anytime soon, if ever. I would object removal for at least the next five years.. -- Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA