netdev - Re: [Madwifi-devel] ar5k and Atheros AR5005G

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Date:	Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:03:21 +0100
From:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
To:	"Michael Renzmann" <madwifi@...pam.otaku42.de>
Subject: Re: [Madwifi-devel] ar5k and Atheros AR5005G

On Wednesday 29 November 2006 16:58, Michael Renzmann wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> > On Wednesday 29 November 2006 16:24, David Kimdon wrote:
> >> There is absolutely no reason why dadwifi can't be merged into the
> >> mainline once the hal issue is resolved.
> > Last time we talked about that stuff, it was decided that
> > we don't want a HAL... See archives.
> 
> IIRC Pavel already explained that getting rid of the HAL per se should be
> no problem - it could easily be dissolved into the driver, if that is one
> of the requirements to be fulfilled before the driver (MadWifi or DadWifi)
> is considered for mainline inclusion. As soon as there is source available
> to dissolve, at least.

Ok, so who actually does the work?
It has been talked a lot about what could and what should be done.
But who does it?

> From what I understood the "... once the hal issue is resolved" part of
> David's mail refered to exactly that question.

Ok, I don't know what "The HAL Issue" (tm) is.
Sounds like a hollywood movie theme to me. ;)

-- 
Greetings Michael.
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