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SubjectRe: Broadcom 43xx first results
Dave Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 02:08:28PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > Jiri Benc wrote:
> > >On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 13:38:37 -0500, Joseph Jezak wrote:
> > >
> > >>We're not writing an entire stack. We're writing a layer that sits in
> > >>between the current ieee80211 stack that's already present in the kernel
> > >>and drivers that do not have a hardware MAC. Since ieee80211 is already
> > >>in use in the kernel today, this seemed like a natural and useful
> > >>extension to the existing code. I agree that it's somewhat wasteful to
> > >>keep rewriting 802.11 stacks and we considered other options, but it
> > >>seemed like a more logical choice to work with what was available and
> > >>recommended than to use an external stack.
> > >
> > >
> > >Unfortunately, the only long-term solution is to rewrite completely the
> > >current in-kernel ieee80211 code (I would not call it a "stack") or
> > >replace it with something another. The current code was written for
> > >Intel devices and it doesn't support anything else - so every developer
> >
> > Patently false.
> >
> > ieee80211 is used by Intel. Some bits used by HostAP, which also
> > duplicates a lot of ieee80211 code. And bcm43xx. And another couple
> > drivers found in -mm or out-of-tree.
>
> Orinoco also uses it now no ?

Just the headers, really.

Jeff



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