Re: wireless-2.6 queue opened

Jeff Garzik
2004-06-03T04:18:15Z

David S. Miller wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 23:45:28 -0400
> Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Given that there are at least 3 complete wireless stacks (or
>>thereabouts) floating about for Linux, I picked one that I felt had the
>>best chance of being _evolved_ into a nice, clean, generic wireless
>>stack: HostAP.
>
>
> Even though I authored one of the "other" stacks, I'm totally fine
> with this choice. Mainly because I simply lack the time or resources
> to continue working on the stack I started.

Actually... I want to use some of your stuff too. :) HostAP is a
successful implementation, but your stuff was a good example of the glue
needed to tie 802.11 tightly to the net stack.

HostAP still has some "its a separate driver" stuff it needs to get rid
of, as it is made more generic.

Jeff