On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 10:29:23AM -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 02:30:53PM -0700, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 04:55:44PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
>
> > > + * V20 to V21
> > > + * ----------
> > > + * - Remove (struct net_device *)->get_wireless_stats()
> > > + * - Change length in ESSID and NICK to strlen() instead of
> > > strlen()+1
> > > + * - Add IW_RETRY_SHORT/IW_RETRY_LONG retry modifiers
> > > + * - Add explicit flag to tell stats are in 802.11k RCPI :
> > > IW_QUAL_RCPI
> >
> > Personally, I would also add this :
> >
> > + * - Power/Retry relative values no longer * 100000
> >
> > Three reason :
> > 1) It's a cleanup and does not add any new feature
> > 2) It does not change the rest of the patches
> > 3) Userspace part has already gone in distro, not
> > including this bit would mean breaking userspace.
>
> Is there any code that corresponds to that? Or does the comment
> simply indicate policy?
There is no code in the core of the WE, so it only indicates
policy. But, I believe policy change need to be documented.
On the other hand you will find code in the tiacx patch.
> > The other bits can be included at a later time ;-)
>
> Well, maybe. But, I think we should now consider WE to be in
> maintenance mode. I think nl80211 is the future, as long as Johannes
> delivers.
We'll see. WE has been supposed to be replaced any time soon
for the last 3 years. And I don't believe nl80211 will address legacy
driver and non-802.11 hardware.
> Thanks,
>
> John
Thanks, and have fun...
Jean
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