From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>, Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz>,
Joseph Jezak <josejx@gentoo.org>,
mbuesch@freenet.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, NetDev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Broadcom 43xx first results
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 14:05:07 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4395E0E3.4040601@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051206151046.GF4038@rama.exocore.com>
Harald Welte wrote:
> I also think that there is a lack of knowledge on the architecture of
> 802.11 low-level protocols and drivers among many people (including
> myself) in the network community. Only this way I can explain why there
> are always people who claim that the kernel already has a 802.11
> 'stack'.
This last sentence, regardless of the source, is simply playing with words.
We have 802.11 common code in the kernel, that several drivers are
using. Future drivers should modify that common code to suit their
needs, rather than dropping it and starting from scratch.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-12-06 19:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-12-04 18:50 Broadcom 43xx first results mbuesch
2005-12-04 19:52 ` [Bcm43xx-dev] " Feyd
2005-12-04 19:58 ` Michael Buesch
2005-12-05 5:50 ` Jouni Malinen
2005-12-05 6:05 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-12-05 11:08 ` Michael Buesch
2005-12-05 14:19 ` Jouni Malinen
2005-12-05 14:28 ` Michael Buesch
2005-12-05 14:41 ` Jouni Malinen
2005-12-05 18:52 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-12-05 19:20 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-12-05 18:00 ` Jiri Benc
2005-12-05 18:14 ` Michael Renzmann
2005-12-05 18:24 ` Stephen Hemminger
2005-12-05 18:46 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-12-05 18:49 ` Jiri Benc
2005-12-05 18:54 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-12-05 19:11 ` Jiri Benc
2005-12-30 10:34 ` Rakotomandimby Mihamina
2005-12-06 7:17 ` Michael Renzmann
2005-12-05 18:38 ` Joseph Jezak
2005-12-05 18:55 ` Jiri Benc
2005-12-05 19:08 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-12-05 19:18 ` Jiri Benc
2005-12-05 19:53 ` Dave Jones
2005-12-05 20:09 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-12-06 15:10 ` Harald Welte
2005-12-06 19:05 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2005-12-06 20:53 ` Stephen Hemminger
2005-12-07 7:16 ` Harald Welte
2005-12-06 23:19 ` David S. Miller
2005-12-06 23:45 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-12-07 13:34 ` Michael Buesch
2005-12-08 11:32 ` Jiri Benc
2005-12-08 12:07 ` Jiri Benc
2005-12-08 12:12 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-12-08 13:03 ` Jiri Benc
2005-12-05 19:10 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-12-05 19:31 ` Jiri Benc
2005-12-05 19:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-12-05 20:11 ` Jiri Benc
2005-12-06 15:09 ` Pavel Machek
2005-12-06 16:43 ` Ben Greear
2005-12-06 23:25 ` David S. Miller
2005-12-06 19:24 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-12-06 15:04 ` Pavel Machek
2005-12-08 0:00 ` Michael Wu
2005-12-08 1:05 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-12-05 20:23 ` Michael Buesch
2005-12-05 20:42 ` Jiri Benc
2005-12-06 9:26 ` Kyle Moffett
2005-12-06 10:23 ` Luc Saillard
2005-12-05 19:40 ` Pavel Machek
2005-12-05 20:14 ` Michael Buesch
2005-12-05 20:35 ` Pavel Machek
2005-12-05 20:40 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-12-05 20:40 ` Michael Buesch
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-12-06 22:47 Jean Tourrilhes
2005-12-07 7:11 ` Jouni Malinen
2005-12-07 19:16 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2005-12-07 19:47 ` Jouni Malinen
2005-12-07 19:05 ` Jean Tourrilhes
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