Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:43:00 +1100 | From | David Gibson <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.4.19-pre3] New wireless driver API part 1 |
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On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:15:30PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Jean Tourrilhes wrote: > > >1) Most Wireless LAN driver live outside the kernel. So, their > >evolution is somewhat decoupled to the kernel, so the earlier the > >patch goes it the better it is for those. > > > As you may have gathered from my last email, this is a bit annoying when > trying to find and stabalize a driver for a card you just got :)
> > 2) David Gibson, maintainer of the Orinoco driver, told me > >that he would merge my new-API orinoco patches in his driver only when > >the new API would be in 2.4.x (as you may have noticed, he hasn't > >updated 2.5.X for a while). Chicken and Eggs. > > > Does that mean orinoco updates are coming for 2.5.x?
Yes, I'll try to send some in. When 2.5 had just started I figured Linus was busy enough with the bio stuff and the driver updates could wait, since then I've been busy with other things so I haven't gotten around to sending patches.
AFAIK none of the APIs which are relevant to me have changed so it should just be a matter of copying the files across from 2.4.
-- David Gibson | For every complex problem there is a david@gibson.dropbear.id.au | solution which is simple, neat and | wrong. -- H.L. Mencken http://www.ozlabs.org/people/dgibson
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