From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751324AbWANWJ1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:09:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751319AbWANWJ1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:09:27 -0500 Received: from mail.dvmed.net ([216.237.124.58]:58254 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751318AbWANWJ0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:09:26 -0500 Message-ID: <43C97693.7000109@pobox.com> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:09:23 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "John W. Linville" CC: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: wireless: recap of current issues (other issues) References: <20060113195723.GB16166@tuxdriver.com> <20060113212605.GD16166@tuxdriver.com> <20060113213237.GH16166@tuxdriver.com> <20060113222408.GM16166@tuxdriver.com> In-Reply-To: <20060113222408.GM16166@tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.1 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "srv2.dvmed.net", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: John W. Linville wrote: > Other Issues > ============ A big open issue: should you fake ethernet, or represent 802.11 natively throughout the rest of the net stack? The former causes various and sundry hacks, and the latter requires that you touch a bunch of non-802.11 code to make it aware of a new frame class. [...] Content analysis details: (0.1 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [69.134.188.146 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org John W. Linville wrote: > Other Issues > ============ A big open issue: should you fake ethernet, or represent 802.11 natively throughout the rest of the net stack? The former causes various and sundry hacks, and the latter requires that you touch a bunch of non-802.11 code to make it aware of a new frame class. Jeff