Re: [git patches] 2.6.x net driver updates

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>]

On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 02:30:19PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > 
> > dann frazier:
> >       CONFIG_AIRO needs CONFIG_CRYPTO
> 
> I think this is done wrong.
> 
> It should "select CRYPTO" rather than "depends on CRYPTO".

OK


> Otherwise people won't see it just because they don't have crypto enabled, 
> which is not very user-friendly.
> 
> Btw, why are these casts there? Either the functions are of the right 
> type, or they aren't. In neither case is the cast correct.
> 
> I do realize that there are comments in <net/iw_handler.h> that says that 
> you should do the cast, but that's no excuse for crap or stupid code.
> 
> If it's an issue of trying to make greppable code, why not have
> just the comment?
> 
> > @@ -2378,6 +2566,15 @@ static const iw_handler atmel_handler[] 
> >  	(iw_handler) atmel_get_encode,		/* SIOCGIWENCODE */
> >  	(iw_handler) atmel_set_power,		/* SIOCSIWPOWER */
> >  	(iw_handler) atmel_get_power,		/* SIOCGIWPOWER */
> > +	(iw_handler) NULL,			/* -- hole -- */
> > +	(iw_handler) NULL,			/* -- hole -- */
> ...
> 
> Hmm?

Welcome to the awful wireless driver API.  This type crapola is a key
thing that needs changing, but its not the only thing.  There are also
some nasty wireless APIs which do casts based on variable (passed-in)
struct offsets...

This needs to change to a type-safe thingy like struct ethtool_ops, but
the above is what we were lumped with.

	Jeff