Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 05 Dec 2005 13:52:21 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [Bcm43xx-dev] Broadcom 43xx first results |
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In general, Jouni's points are good, as are Michael's.
The key question is about the size of the SoftMAC code. If its huge, an ieee80211 sub-module makes sense. If it's not, then adding the code to net/ieee80211 makes a lot more sense.
Certainly some chips will use more ieee80211 code than others. This is no different than ethernet NICs: some make use of TSO and checksum offload code included in every kernel, while for other NICs the kernel TSO/csum code is just dead weight.
In general, adding directly to net/ieee80211 is preferred, UNLESS there are overriding reasons not to do so (such as a huge size increase).
Jeff
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