Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:17:54 -0800 | Subject | Re: 32bit compat for rtnetlink wireless extensions? | From | Jean Tourrilhes <> |
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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.
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