From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:36695 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751303AbYKOPBK (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:01:10 -0500 Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:50:04 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Johannes Berg Cc: linux-wireless Subject: Re: [RFC] add ar9170 driver Message-ID: <20081115145004.GA31553@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20081115_160132_650350_4E1867A3) References: <1226745636.4120.48.camel@johannes.berg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1226745636.4120.48.camel@johannes.berg> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:40:36AM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > This patch adds the ar9170 driver for Atheros 802.11n > USB hardware ("otus"). The driver currently has basic > functionality, it will always transmit at 1 or 6 MBit > rates and only supports managed mode. > > TODO: > * rate control/tx status! > * figure out QoS (does firmware parse QoS control to get AC?) > * implement IBSS mode > * implement hardware crypto > * implement AP mode > * implement mesh mode > * make LEDs blink > * HT > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg > --- > Do we want such a basic driver? In general, yes. -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@tuxdriver.com of your literate lifestyle.