Messages in this thread | | | From | Marcel Holtmann <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] make wext wireless bits optional and deprecate them | Date | Sat, 17 May 2008 16:36:31 +0200 |
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Hi Johannes,
>>> The /sys/class/net/*/wireless/ direcory is, as far as I know, not >>> used by anyone. Additionally, the same data is available via wext >>> ioctls. Hence the sysfs files are pretty much useless. This patch >>> makes them optional and schedules them for removal. >> >> it is used by HAL to classify WiFi network cards as net.80211 instead >> of net.80203 and so we do have an actual user. However HAL only tests >> for the existence of the directory wireless/. > > Oh, ok, I didn't know that, thanks. > >> Please fix HAL first before submitting such a patch. > > Sure, I'll take a look at that.
saw your patch. Looks good to me. However what do we do with the non- mac80211 drivers that are using WEXT directly. These should be detected as net.80211, too.
Regards
Marcel
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