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SubjectRe: 32bit compat for rtnetlink wireless extensions?
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On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 11:10:44PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Am Monday 27 March 2006 20:42 schrieb Jean Tourrilhes:
> >         Actually, when things are passed over RtNetlink, the pointer
> > is removed, and the content of IW_HEADER_TYPE_POINT is moved to not
> > leave a gap.
>
> Ah, that makes sense, thanks for the explanation.
>
> So if the wireless ioctl interface ever got retired, that code could
> get simplified a lot to just pass around a flat data structure, right?
>
> Arnd <><

Actually, it could be removed *now*. You would just have to
fix all wireless drivers in existence. I will scratch my head to see
if we could plan a smooth transition.

Jean
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