From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752505AbXCHQh7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Mar 2007 11:37:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752512AbXCHQh7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Mar 2007 11:37:59 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:52010 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752505AbXCHQh5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Mar 2007 11:37:57 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 11:37:16 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: "John W. Linville" Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.21-rc3-mm1 Message-ID: <20070308163716.GA11031@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , "John W. Linville" , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20070307201839.6f45735b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070308145043.GB5323@tuxdriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070308145043.GB5323@tuxdriver.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 09:50:43AM -0500, John W. Linville wrote: > On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 08:18:39PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > By removing NET_RADIO, these changes pave the way to making wireless > extensions optional when cfg80211 can fully take over for some drivers > and you don't have any older drivers that still require wext. > > Honestly, I'm tempted to add the pre-802.11 stuff to the features > removal list. I wonder if any of it still actually works... FWIW, I've built these drivers in Fedora for aeons, and never had a single bug filed against them. Either they're perfect, or no-one has that junk any more. I should turn them off for a build and see if anyone complains :) Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk