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From: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>
Subject: Re: 32bit compat for rtnetlink wireless extensions?
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:17:54 -0800
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On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 11:10:44PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Am Monday 27 March 2006 20:42 schrieb Jean Tourrilhes:
> > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Actually, when things are passed over RtNet=
link, the pointer
> > is removed, and the content of IW_HEADER_TYPE_POINT is moved to not
> > leave a gap.
>=20
> Ah, that makes sense, thanks for the explanation.
>=20
> So if the wireless ioctl interface ever got retired, that code could
> get simplified a lot to just pass around a flat data structure, right=
?
>=20
> 	Arnd <><

	Actually, it could be removed *now*. You would just have to
fix all wireless drivers in existence. I will scratch my head to see
if we could plan a smooth transition.

	Jean