From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:48264 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751229AbXFNSsz (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:48:55 -0400 Message-ID: <46718D81.9080402@garzik.org> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:48:33 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linus Torvalds CC: Christoph Hellwig , Andrew Morton , johannes@sipsolutions.net, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, dcbw@redhat.com, hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: libertas (private) ioctls vs. nl80211 References: <1181757483.29767.99.camel@johannes.berg> <20070614170901.GA13384@infradead.org> <20070614103836.23b07a72.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070614181307.GA16856@infradead.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Christoph Hellwig wrote: >>> I suspect that the probability of your proposal succeeding would be increased >>> if you could prepare a patch... >> Here we go: > > I don't mind ripping them out, but it makes sense only if people are > actually signed up to implementing this on a higher layer. As such, I'd > need to get a sign-off from somebody actually involved in wireless mesh > stuff etc. Correct me if I'm wrong, linux-wireless, but AFAIK there has never been a single post or line of code written for a generic wireless _mesh_ interface. My general sentiment is -- remove the pointless and iw-duplicated ioctls, but leave the mesh ones that won't see generic counterparts for years. Jeff