From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.239]:59953 "EHLO nz-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423269AbXBHTlt (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Feb 2007 14:41:49 -0500 Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s1so573240nze for ; Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:41:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <43e72e890702081141j168da47i421f4fe578a08735@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 14:41:48 -0500 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: "John W. Linville" Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] cfg80211: add wext-compatible client Cc: "Johannes Berg" , "Christoph Hellwig" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20070208185050.GA6303@tuxdriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed References: <20070131013717.GA28076@tuxdriver.com> <20070207004626.GA23096@tuxdriver.com> <20070207004747.GB23096@tuxdriver.com> <20070207004832.GC23096@tuxdriver.com> <20070207004929.GD23096@tuxdriver.com> <20070207075420.GB14703@infradead.org> <1170940386.4385.49.camel@johannes.berg> <43e72e890702081038k1d4f226eocf28c5faf6b79dc5@mail.gmail.com> <20070208185050.GA6303@tuxdriver.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 2/8/07, John W. Linville wrote: > On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 01:38:02PM -0500, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > On 2/8/07, Johannes Berg wrote: > > >On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 07:54 +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > >> Btw, if we submit cfg80211 for inclusion there should be at least one > > >patch > > >> in the series actually converts a driver to use it. Both to make this > > >> code not dead and give people and example on how to use the cfg80211 > > >> infrastructure. > > > > > >I guess I could make softmac use it. > > > > Another idea here is we can provide a configfs frontend to cfg80211 > > therefore any device which implements cfg80211 will automagically have > > a userspace frontend (/configfs/wireless/foo) ready to test cfg80211. > > With this we wouldn't have to wait for the next userspace nl80211 > > application to start testing cfg80211 directly (without wireless > > extensions compat). A configfs frontend can also allow more rapid > > development of userspace interfaces to configure wireless devices > > through cfg80211. Comments? > > Luis, > > You have mentioned this before, and FWIW I think it is a decent idea. > Let's see some code! :-) I know, I know, talk is cheap, trust me, I abide by this motto every day. I actually wanted to just code this up and send this as part of my comment but do have other responsibilities I have to attend to first. I figured I'd throw it out though in case someone who does have time is willing to pick it up as I think it would be great for us. > Still, I don't think it changes the issue that we need a driver (or > stack) plugged-in to the bottom end. I have this on my personal list > of "soon TODO", although I haven't picked a driver yet. > > If anyone is working on a cfg80211 driver conversion, please speak-up > so we can avoid duplicating work. Luis