Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [Bcm43xx-dev] Broadcom 43xx first results | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:05:34 +1100 |
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> Wouldn't it be better to try to get that functionality added into the > net/ieee80211 code instead of maintaining separate extension outside the > kernel tree? Many modern cards need the ability for the host CPU to take > care of management frame sending and receiving and from my view point, > this code should be in net/ieee80211. Many (all?) of the functions in > this "SoftMAC" look like something that would be nice to have as an > option in net/ieee80211. In other words, the low-level driver would > indicate what kind of functionality it needs and ieee80211 stack would > behave differently based on the underlying hardware profile.
It would certainly be a good idea and I'm sure that's what will happen once the code is mature enough ;)
Ben.
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