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Message-Id: <57793EAF-9BDF-43DE-8E59-4ADE7AFDC64D@holtmann.org>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 19:28:41 +0200
From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc: netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Jean Tourrilhes <jt@....hp.com>,
linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] make wext wireless bits optional and deprecate them
Hi Johannes,
>>> The /sys/class/net/*/wireless/ direcory is, as far as I know, not
>>> used by anyone. Additionally, the same data is available via wext
>>> ioctls. Hence the sysfs files are pretty much useless. This patch
>>> makes them optional and schedules them for removal.
>>
>> it is used by HAL to classify WiFi network cards as net.80211 instead
>> of net.80203 and so we do have an actual user. However HAL only tests
>> for the existence of the directory wireless/.
>>
>> Please fix HAL first before submitting such a patch.
>
> I have filed a patch to fix HAL to use the canonical SIOCGIWNAME at
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16037. Any further
> objections to this patch?
patch looks good to me.
Regards
Marcel
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