From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:50798 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932983Ab0DHTPY (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Apr 2010 15:15:24 -0400 Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 15:03:58 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Dan Williams Cc: Holger Schurig , Daniel Mack , libertas-dev@lists.infradead.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/wireless/libertas: do not call wiphy_unregister() w/o wiphy_register() Message-ID: <20100408190358.GB2999@tuxdriver.com> References: <1269875658-3324-1-git-send-email-daniel@caiaq.de> <201003301149.13462.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> <20100330105029.GO30801@buzzloop.caiaq.de> <201003301259.23973.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> <1269968673.3019.37.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20100330172008.GD13120@tuxdriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20100330172008.GD13120@tuxdriver.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 01:20:08PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:04:33AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 12:59 +0200, Holger Schurig wrote: > > > > I don't get your point. The patch I submitted fixes an Ooops in the > > > > driver, due to wrong handling of an API. What does that have to do with > > > > principle discussions about the frameworks in use? > > > > > > I asked if there is a better method, and you said that you would test a better > > > solution. That means that someone else should make a better solution. > > > > > > I just pointed out that I won't be the one who creates the better solution, > > > because for fundamental reasons I don't see the libertas+cfg80211 approach > > > going forward. That issue has nothing to do with you or your patch, so please > > > don't feel offended or confused. > > > > Fine; just rip out the mesh code and do the vanilla cfg80211 conversion > > for infra & adhoc, and we'll add the mesh code back later. I don't have > > time to do the cfg80211 bits, neither do the OLPC guys (AFAIK), so lets > > take advantage of your willingness to do this and just move the driver > > forward. > > Someone post a feature removal patch, please? Ping? -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.