From: Johannes Berg <johannes-cdvu00un1VgdHxzADdlk8Q@public.gmane.org>
To: Marcel Holtmann <marcel-kz+m5ild9QBg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
Cc: netdev <netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
Jean Tourrilhes <jt-sDzT885Ts8HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
linux-wireless
<linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
Linux Kernel list
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Subject: Re: [RFC] make wext wireless bits optional and deprecate them
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 19:15:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1211303731.6252.105.camel@johannes.berg> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CD993362-B1DE-4E4D-8A5B-E9E2AD7DA04C-kz+m5ild9QBg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org> (sfid-20080517_154639_384202_6D3479C2)
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On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 15:45 +0200, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi Johannes,
>
> > The /sys/class/net/*/wireless/ direcory is, as far as I know, not
> > used by anyone. Additionally, the same data is available via wext
> > ioctls. Hence the sysfs files are pretty much useless. This patch
> > makes them optional and schedules them for removal.
>
> it is used by HAL to classify WiFi network cards as net.80211 instead
> of net.80203 and so we do have an actual user. However HAL only tests
> for the existence of the directory wireless/.
>
> Please fix HAL first before submitting such a patch.
I have filed a patch to fix HAL to use the canonical SIOCGIWNAME at
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16037. Any further
objections to this patch?
johannes
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-17 12:12 [RFC] make wext wireless bits optional and deprecate them Johannes Berg
[not found] ` <1211026337.3827.25.camel-YfaajirXv214zXjbi5bjpg@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-17 12:16 ` Johannes Berg
2008-05-17 13:45 ` Marcel Holtmann
[not found] ` <CD993362-B1DE-4E4D-8A5B-E9E2AD7DA04C-kz+m5ild9QBg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-17 13:54 ` Johannes Berg
2008-05-17 14:36 ` Marcel Holtmann
[not found] ` <31B1A5D6-8E8B-4148-860F-326FEEE5A3EE-kz+m5ild9QBg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-17 14:42 ` Johannes Berg
[not found] ` <1211032475.6252.2.camel-YfaajirXv214zXjbi5bjpg@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-18 13:36 ` Dan Williams
[not found] ` <1211117795.686.15.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-19 12:16 ` Johannes Berg
2008-05-19 15:24 ` Dan Williams
[not found] ` <1211210686.12187.6.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-19 15:39 ` Johannes Berg
[not found] ` <1211211547.6252.54.camel-YfaajirXv214zXjbi5bjpg@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-19 15:53 ` Dan Williams
2008-05-19 17:03 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2008-05-19 17:01 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2008-05-20 17:15 ` Johannes Berg [this message]
2008-05-20 17:28 ` Marcel Holtmann
[not found] ` <1211303731.6252.105.camel-YfaajirXv214zXjbi5bjpg@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-21 21:03 ` John W. Linville
2008-05-21 21:37 ` Johannes Berg
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