[Prism54-devel] Re: [PATCH 2.6] Intersil Prism54 wireless driver

Christoph Hellwig hch@infradead.org
Wed, 10 Mar 2004 17:29:14 +0000


On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 09:21:14AM -0800, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> > --- linux-2.6.3/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/isl_wds.c	Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
> > +++ linux-2.6.3-prism54/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/isl_wds.c	Thu Mar  4 02:00:01 2004
> > 
> > 	WDS doesn't belong into a driver but in higher-level code.
> 
> 	The big 802.11 reorg can only happen when HostAP is in the
> kernel.

I don't quite understand that comment.  This feature doesn't belong into
a driver.  Whether it's some day implemented in a hypothetic 802.11 midlayer
that can only be done with another driver merged is a different question,
isn't it?

> 
> 	Regards,
> 
> 	Jean
> 
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