From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:4308 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751848AbXFKUYo (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:24:44 -0400 Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:06:29 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Johannes Berg Cc: Larry Finger , Akinobu Mita , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Joe Jezak , Daniel Drake Subject: Re: [PATCH] softmac: use list_for_each_entry Message-ID: <20070611200629.GH10397@tuxdriver.com> References: <20070527142740.GB13105@APFDCB5C> <1180643064.18266.2.camel@johannes.berg> <46604279.3070908@lwfinger.net> <1180725169.11026.29.camel@johannes.berg> <20070611191854.GG10397@tuxdriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20070611191854.GG10397@tuxdriver.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 03:18:54PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > Plus, we may need to consider preserving the driver in its current > form (aside from the softmac -> mac80211 port) for some time as a > compatibility aid for those who already have working configurations > with the "bcm43xx" driver. Forcing a happy user to locate new firmware > for no obvious benefit to them is not very nice (as I have learned > so well w/ Fedora 7)... As a re-read this, it seems subject to misinterpretation. I mean that once the existing bcm43xx driver (11g bits and all) is ported to mac80211, we may want to keep the 11g bits even after the existing bcm43xx-mac80211 (using v4 firmware) driver has been ported. Worth considering... John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com