linux-kernel - Re: ipw3945 status

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Date:	Sun, 30 Jul 2006 13:34:19 +0200
From:	Jan Dittmer <jdi@....org>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
CC:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>, Jirka Lenost Benc <jbenc@...e.cz>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ipw2100-admin@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: ipw3945 status

Matthew Garrett schrieb:
> On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 12:40:42PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> 
>>I'm unfortunate enough to have x60 with ipw card. Card works okay, but
>>driver is 16K LoC and needs binary daemon (ugh). Plus, it lives as an
>>external module...
> 
> 
> I have a mostly working replacement for the binary daemon, but it causes 
> the firmware to crash at the point where it triggers an association. If 
> anyone's keen on trying to figure out what's up, I'll clean up the code 
> and stick it somewhere.

Why not get rid of the daemon like bsd did [0]? Otherwise in
5 years you'll have 42 daemons running which communicate with
the firmware of various devices, each having a different inter-
face.

Jan

[0] http://kerneltrap.org/node/6650


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