From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [RFC] Wireless extensions rethink Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:10:34 -0400 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <40D1ECAA.4090509@pobox.com> References: <1087377197.25912.54.camel@sfeldma-mobl2.dsl-verizon.net> <40D08769.3070106@home.nl> <20040616204248.GA23617@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <40D0BD5B.201@pobox.com> <20040616223316.GA29618@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <40D0D265.3070804@pobox.com> <20040617174717.GA30460@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <40D1E185.2010201@pobox.com> <40D1E24C.8090802@pobox.com> <20040617115156.14c946b5@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> <20040617190049.GC32216@bougret.hpl.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Stephen Hemminger , netdev@oss.sgi.com, Gertjan van Wingerde , sfeldma@pobox.com, jkmaline@cc.hut.fi Return-path: To: jt@hpl.hp.com In-Reply-To: <20040617190049.GC32216@bougret.hpl.hp.com> Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org 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