From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp.rutgers.edu ([128.6.72.243]:27555 "EHLO annwn13.rutgers.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755907AbXLABxS (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:53:18 -0500 From: Michael Wu To: Johannes Berg Subject: Re: [RFC] mac80211: don't use if_id, use if_priv Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:59:19 -0500 Cc: linux-wireless References: <1196423301.6058.187.camel@johannes.berg> In-Reply-To: <1196423301.6058.187.camel@johannes.berg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2243303.nA2TFVrn1F"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Message-Id: <200711302059.23415.flamingice@sourmilk.net> (sfid-20071201_015322_437195_B2223F1F) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --nextPart2243303.nA2TFVrn1F Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday 30 November 2007 06:48:21 Johannes Berg wrote: > Here's a non-functioning (except for b43/b43legacy) patch that gets rid > of the if_id stuff all over in favour of a new if_priv pointer. > Note that a good chunk of the if_id stuff in the api was just brain damage= =20 from the ERP info changes. Anywhere we have access to a skb, we have access= =20 to a netdev, and we don't need an extra if_id argument to tell us what we=20 need to know. I would love to see that get fixed first as that simplifies a= ll=20 drivers. Having said that, a per-interface private area for drivers is a great idea = if=20 drivers need it. They probably do. =2DMichael Wu --nextPart2243303.nA2TFVrn1F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBHUL/7T3Oqt9AH4aERAtNhAKDRaiGFVU1hBsgvMAixFg8AoFK+mQCeO8pS IB9naCUXYiAlc9+HQUg2Jug= =YfqB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2243303.nA2TFVrn1F--