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Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:03:26 +0200
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Subject: Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH] ath5k: add support for Dell Vostro A860 LED
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On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
<lrodriguez@atheros.com> wrote:
>> If we have all the IDs from the INF file, then why do we need this in
>> userspace? Is the list growing?
>
> No, but for other newer hardware/drivers it can likely grow, so my
> comment was more of a generic driver approach to this.

Is this a linux-wireless thing, or do other areas of linux keep some
data in userspace?