From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: jt@hpl.hp.com
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>,
netdev@oss.sgi.com, Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@home.nl>,
sfeldma@pobox.com, jkmaline@cc.hut.fi
Subject: Re: [RFC] Wireless extensions rethink
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:10:34 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <40D1ECAA.4090509@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040617190049.GC32216@bougret.hpl.hp.com>
Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 11:51:56AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>
>>Remember the API for applications (netlink) doesn't need to be the same as
>>the driver interface (wireless_ops). That is the whole point of having
>>a common core layer.
>
>
> Stephen : we have been there since 2001. Check the RtNetlink
> patch on my web page, it allows full access to all wireless extensions
> through netlink without having to modify a single driver.
Nod... here's hoping others are checking out out too.
As Stephen points out, though, the driver interface redesign is separate
from the use of netlink.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-17 19:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-11 18:49 [RFC] Wireless extensions rethink Feldman, Scott
2004-06-15 16:39 ` Gertjan van Wingerde
2004-06-15 17:22 ` Vladimir Kondratiev
2004-06-16 9:13 ` Scott Feldman
2004-06-16 15:28 ` Gerald Britton
2004-06-16 17:40 ` Vladimir Kondratiev
2004-06-16 17:53 ` Scott Feldman
2004-06-16 19:06 ` Gerald Britton
2004-06-17 5:57 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2004-06-16 17:46 ` Gertjan van Wingerde
2004-06-16 19:06 ` Scott Feldman
2004-06-16 19:49 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-06-16 22:25 ` Scott Feldman
2004-06-16 20:50 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-06-16 20:42 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-06-16 21:36 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-06-16 22:33 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-06-16 23:06 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-06-16 23:11 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-06-17 17:47 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-06-17 18:23 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-06-17 18:26 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-06-17 18:30 ` Gertjan van Wingerde
2004-06-17 18:51 ` Stephen Hemminger
2004-06-17 19:00 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-06-17 19:10 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2004-06-17 18:58 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-06-17 19:02 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-06-17 19:13 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-06-17 19:34 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-06-17 19:44 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-06-17 20:06 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-06-17 20:39 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-06-17 18:56 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-06-17 19:09 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-06-17 19:11 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-06-17 19:31 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-06-17 19:52 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-06-17 20:46 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2004-06-18 22:11 ` Andrew Morton
2004-06-18 22:54 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-06-16 22:48 ` Scott Feldman
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-06-07 19:51 Gertjan van Wingerde
2004-06-07 20:52 ` Ben Greear
2004-06-07 18:33 Feldman, Scott
2004-06-07 18:39 ` Stephen Hemminger
2004-06-08 11:19 ` Herbert Xu
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