From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Kimdon Subject: Re: [Madwifi-devel] ANNOUNCE: SFLC helps developers assessar5k (enabling free Atheros HAL) Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:28:16 -0800 Message-ID: <20061115232816.GA20849@devicescape.com> References: <20061115192054.GA10009@tuxdriver.com> <1163619541.19111.6.camel@dv> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "John W. Linville" , lwn@lwn.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Michael Buesch , madwifi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from mail.devicescape.com ([207.138.119.2]:37044 "EHLO mail.devicescape.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1162041AbWKOX20 (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:28:26 -0500 To: Pavel Roskin Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1163619541.19111.6.camel@dv> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 02:39:01PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 14:21 -0500, John W. Linville wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 07:42:14PM +0100, Michael Buesch wrote: > > I said it before, and it's worth repeating. Dissolving HAL in the > sources is easy. It's just a matter of moving functions around without > serious chances of breaking anything as long as the source compiles. > The whole "HAL-based architecture" can be reshuffled and eliminated by > one person in a few days. > > Making things work properly takes years. That's what MadWifi has been > working on for a long time, using contributions and bug reports from > scores of users and developers. > > Rejecting MadWifi because it's HAL based is like throwing away a diamond > ring because it's too narrow. I completely agree. The approach we are taking with dadwifi[1] is to use much of the existing code from madwifi and port it to the d80211 stack. Today dadwifi works in monitor, sta and ap mode. -David [1] http://madwifi.org/wiki/DadWifi > > -- > Regards, > Pavel Roskin > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Madwifi-devel mailing list > Madwifi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/madwifi-devel