From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vladimir Kondratiev Subject: Re: generic 802.11 stack Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:44:38 +0300 Sender: acx100-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <200409150844.45242.vkondra@mail.ru> References: <4145352F.4040807@pobox.com> <20040915030545.GA25307@havoc.gtf.org> <20040915031732.GL7839@ruslug.rutgers.edu> Reply-To: acx100-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1219258.HLbHKuVhPC"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: acx100-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, "David S. Miller" , greg chesson , hadi@cyberus.ca, Jeff Garzik , "Luis R. Rodriguez" , netdev@oss.sgi.com, prism54-devel@prism54.org, sam@errno.com Return-path: To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" In-Reply-To: <20040915031732.GL7839@ruslug.rutgers.edu> Errors-To: acx100-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org --nextPart1219258.HLbHKuVhPC Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Let me answer to the set of questions raised: =2D dual licensing: I am not ready to answer for legal. I will discuss with= =20 proper people and answer. =2D code style: regardless of answer on question above, I intend to do Linu= x=20 work and will not care about compatibility macros. I really dislike such=20 macros, they do make code hard to understand. =2D information sharing (driver-stack): good question indeed. I am currentl= y=20 evaluating it. This far, I think I will supply some standard link layer=20 information per packet. Like rate, RSSI etc. For Tx, it will include also=20 crypto key for hardware assisted encryption, type of protection (RTS/CTS=20 etc.) I believe it should be sufficient. To prove it, I am going to write=20 some dummy .11 driver that will be capable to simulate any Rx, with user=20 interface for feeding packets. I will use this driver to debug stack. It is complex issue to support all combination of job separation between ho= st=20 and NIC, I will choose some model like "NIC do almost nothing" and will=20 develop around it.=20 Vladimir. On Wednesday 15 September 2004 06:17, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: LR> On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 11:05:45PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: LR> > On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 11:02:11PM -0400, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: LR> > > I proposed dual licensing not to specifically allow clear compatibility LR> > > among linux and the BSDs on the 802.11 work, but to allow BSDers to do LR> > > whatever they want with what we come up with -- help with code sharing. LR> > LR> > LR> > Overall, He Who Writes The Code Gets To Choose. LR> > LR> > My own personal opinion is that the BSD license goes against the stat= ed LR> > spirit of Linux -- contribute back. But that's just me. LR> > LR> LR> Agreed -- but in this case I feel we're the bigger crowd so I wanted to LR> address to the *author* that I feel we should be considerate to the BSD LR> crowd. LR> LR> Luis LR> --nextPart1219258.HLbHKuVhPC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBR9bNqxdj7mhC6o0RAvicAJ9S+JJLxreQBdV87DQMWt71ACAhvwCfbUFD LbN2BOegk6f+D3w49PoRJ20= =UuPp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1219258.HLbHKuVhPC-- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: thawte's Crypto Challenge Vl Crack the code and win a Sony DCRHC40 MiniDV Digital Handycam Camcorder. More prizes in the weekly Lunch Hour Challenge. Sign up NOW http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;10740251;10262165;m