From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Collins Subject: Re: Please make CONFIG_CFG80211 harder to enable Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:48:39 +1300 Message-ID: <87hcw49rg8.fsf@briny.internal.ondioline.org> References: <1165654123.2816.29.camel@portland.localdomain> <20061209160640.GA3365@tuxdriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Pavel Roskin , netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from jenny.ondioline.org ([66.220.1.122]:1230 "EHLO jenny.ondioline.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760121AbWLJGyJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:54:09 -0500 To: "John W. Linville" In-Reply-To: <20061209160640.GA3365@tuxdriver.com> (John W. Linville's message of "Sat\, 9 Dec 2006 11\:06\:46 -0500") Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org "John W. Linville" writes: > On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 03:48:43AM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: >> Hello! >> >> Somebody please mark CONFIG_CFG80211 in wireless-dev.git as >> experimental/broken/incomplete/whatever. Not only doesn't it work, but >> it also breaks Wireless Extensions if enabled, even if CONFIG_D80211 is >> disabled. >> >> Driver developers should know that if they enable CONFIG_CFG80211 they >> won't be able to debug their drivers effectifely; they'll have to fix >> cfg80211 first. > > Perhaps you could be more specific? I'm sending this to you from a > box booted on the current (~1 week old) wireless-dev kernel using a > WEXT-configured ipw2200 device. > > What problems are you experiencing? CFG80211 shouldn't interfere w/ > WEXT if a driver doesn't support it. I think I hit this too when I started playing with wireless-dev a week or so ago. I had CFG80211 enabled and iwconfig reported "wireless extensions not supported" with orinoco, bcm43xx and bcm43xx-d80211. -- Paul Collins Wellington, New Zealand Dag vijandelijk luchtschip de huismeester is dood