From: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@bougret.hpl.hp.com>
To: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: linux/802_11.h header
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 13:51:28 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040330215128.GA13891@bougret.hpl.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0403301514080.7498@marabou.research.att.com>
On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 03:28:58PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I see that include/linux/802_11.h in Linux 2.6.5-rc2-bk9 is included by
> only one file, namely drivers/net/wireless/atmel_cs.c. In fact,
> atmel_cs.c doesn't need it (tested by compiling it).
>
> The 802_11.h header contains some definitions already present in
> drivers/net/wireless/ieee802_11.h, which is used by some drivers. For
> instance, frame subtypes are listed in both.
>
> 802_11.h also has useful definitions that should be elsewhere, such as
> ieee_802_3_header and ieee_802_11_802_2_header. I was tempted to use some
> definitions from 802_11.h, but then realized that it may be deprecated if
> nobody is using it.
>
> Does anybody know who wrote 802_11.h, whether it's deprecated, and if not,
> why it's not used?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Pavel Roskin
Pavel,
Why don't you ask Simon directly ?
Have fun...
Jean
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-03-30 21:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-30 20:28 linux/802_11.h header Pavel Roskin
2004-03-30 21:51 ` Jean Tourrilhes [this message]
2004-03-30 23:23 ` Pavel Roskin
2004-03-30 23:39 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-03-31 0:15 ` Pavel Roskin
2004-03-31 0:18 ` Jeff Garzik
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