From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Wu Subject: Re: ieee80211 patches Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:59:00 -0400 Message-ID: <200508260959.01120.flamingice@sourmilk.net> References: <20050825193112.529d0dc9@griffin.suse.cz> <200508252049.52413.flamingice@sourmilk.net> <200508261104.16134.stefan@loplof.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com, Jiri Benc , NetDev , Jeff Garzik , jbohac@suse.cz, pavel@suse.cz Return-path: To: Stefan Rompf In-Reply-To: <200508261104.16134.stefan@loplof.de> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Friday 26 August 2005 05:04, Stefan Rompf wrote: > > - AVS capture header in monitor mode > > there has been a discussion about AVS or radiotap header on the ipw list > that resulted in the inclusion of radiotap definitions in James' latest > patches for ieee80211. Radiotap requires a libpcap upgrade, but can be > extended easier. I'd like all linux wireless drivers to move to radiotap > for statistic data so that userspace has just one format to parse, and a > new driver would be a perfect target to begin. > Sounds like everyone agrees that radiotap is a superior header. I will remove AVS support and add radiotap support (if additional code is needed) once radiotap code is merged in ieee80211. Thanks, -Michael Wu