Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: wireless: recap of current issues (stack) | From | Johannes Berg <> | Date | Fri, 13 Jan 2006 23:34:26 +0100 |
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On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 17:22 -0500, John W. Linville wrote:
> Can the in-kernel stack be saved? With the addition of softmac? > Is it possible to extend softmac to support virtual wlan devices? > If not, how do we proceed?
Well, softmac doesn't really have too many issues [that make it incompatible with the planned stuff, that is]. Right now it layers above ieee80211_device, and it would continue doing so, with ieee80211_device transformed into the representation of the virtual STA device.
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