From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
To: Daniel Drake <dsd-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Bcm43xx-dev-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: bcm43xx driver unstable behaviour (and linux wireless is junk btw)
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:18:03 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1159078683.5924.16.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4515FF5D.4080602-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
On Sat, 2006-09-23 at 23:45 -0400, Daniel Drake wrote:
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > Oh and I don't care about "it works in dscape stack" sort of crap I regulary get. I want something that
> > works with upstream kernels. That isn't that much to ask... or is it ?
>
> wpa_supplicant triggers races in softmac relatively easily, which are
> hard to fix properly. At least for me, motivation to work on this stuff
> is low given the potentially impending merge of devicescape, and every
> time I do spend some time investigating I just get even more frustrated
> at how difficult WE is to implement *properly* for "non-hardmac"
> drivers. We really have a need for a configuration system designed
> around 802.11.
>
> I agree, the stuff in mainline should be fixed, but at least personally
> I am finding it harder and harder to justify working on softmac.
So what are the chances of getting this dscape stack merged, let's
say... for 2.6.19 ? Or we'll get yet another full release with barely
working wireless ?
Cheers,
Ben.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-24 6:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-24 2:43 bcm43xx driver unstable behaviour (and linux wireless is junk btw) Benjamin Herrenschmidt
[not found] ` <1159065798.5924.8.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2006-09-24 3:45 ` Daniel Drake
[not found] ` <4515FF5D.4080602-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2006-09-24 6:18 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt [this message]
[not found] ` <1159078683.5924.16.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2006-09-24 8:05 ` Michael Buesch
[not found] ` <200609241005.02024.mb-fseUSCV1ubazQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2006-09-24 8:12 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-09-24 8:43 ` Michael Buesch
2006-09-24 8:47 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-09-24 15:34 ` Daniel Drake
2006-09-24 16:38 ` Michael Buesch
2006-09-25 9:02 ` Johannes Berg
2006-09-25 9:58 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-09-25 10:00 ` Johannes Berg
2006-09-24 3:50 ` Dan Williams
[not found] ` <1159069857.2748.5.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2006-09-24 6:13 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-09-24 16:02 ` Dan Williams
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