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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen.hemminger-ZtmgI6mnKB3QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: wimax-BPSAo7wm5JOHVYUYWc+uSQ@public.gmane.org,
	linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:04:03 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080408140403.3e7191bb@speedy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200804011107.38563.inaky-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>

Looking at the kernel/user interface: wimax-tools-1.1/lib/op-open.c

This API is repeating the mistake of the old Linux Wireless API. It is putting version
checks between kernel and library and this is a maintenance nightmare. Linux
API's are not COM. Versioning is a mistake.  Use a TLA api like netlink so it
can be extensible without version handshake.
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-04-08 19:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-04-01 18:07 [ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050 Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
     [not found] ` <200804011107.38563.inaky-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-01 18:18   ` Stephen Hemminger
2008-04-01 18:33     ` Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-04-08 15:13   ` Stephen Hemminger
2008-04-08 19:04   ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2008-04-08 18:56 ` Stephen Hemminger
2008-04-08 19:44   ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-04-08 20:59   ` Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2008-04-09  6:10     ` Andi Kleen
     [not found]     ` <871w5fpnhs.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
     [not found]       ` <200804091109.25265.inaky@linux.intel.com>
2008-04-09 20:31         ` Andi Kleen
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2008-04-08 18:57 jayant

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