From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: wireless-2.6 queue opened Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 00:17:55 -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <40BEA673.8080301@pobox.com> References: <40BE9ED8.9020505@pobox.com> <20040602211038.287628ac.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jkmaline@cc.hut.fi, james.p.ketrenos@intel.com Return-path: To: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <20040602211038.287628ac.davem@redhat.com> List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org David S. Miller wrote: > On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 23:45:28 -0400 > Jeff Garzik wrote: > > >>Given that there are at least 3 complete wireless stacks (or >>thereabouts) floating about for Linux, I picked one that I felt had the >>best chance of being _evolved_ into a nice, clean, generic wireless >>stack: HostAP. > > > Even though I authored one of the "other" stacks, I'm totally fine > with this choice. Mainly because I simply lack the time or resources > to continue working on the stack I started. Actually... I want to use some of your stuff too. :) HostAP is a successful implementation, but your stuff was a good example of the glue needed to tie 802.11 tightly to the net stack. HostAP still has some "its a separate driver" stuff it needs to get rid of, as it is made more generic. Jeff