From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jean Tourrilhes Subject: Re: [RFC] Wireless extensions rethink Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:00:49 -0700 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <20040617190049.GC32216@bougret.hpl.hp.com> References: <1087377197.25912.54.camel@sfeldma-mobl2.dsl-verizon.net> <40D08769.3070106@home.nl> <20040616204248.GA23617@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <40D0BD5B.201@pobox.com> <20040616223316.GA29618@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <40D0D265.3070804@pobox.com> <20040617174717.GA30460@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <40D1E185.2010201@pobox.com> <40D1E24C.8090802@pobox.com> <20040617115156.14c946b5@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> Reply-To: jt@hpl.hp.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Jeff Garzik , netdev@oss.sgi.com, Gertjan van Wingerde , sfeldma@pobox.com, jkmaline@cc.hut.fi Return-path: To: Stephen Hemminger Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040617115156.14c946b5@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 11:51:56AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > Remember the API for applications (netlink) doesn't need to be the same as > the driver interface (wireless_ops). That is the whole point of having > a common core layer. Stephen : we have been there since 2001. Check the RtNetlink patch on my web page, it allows full access to all wireless extensions through netlink without having to modify a single driver. Have fun... Jean