Re: 2.6.21-rc3-mm1

Dave Jones
2007-03-08T16:37:59Z

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

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