linux-kernel - Re: ipw3945 status

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Message-ID: <20060730114722.GA26046@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:47:22 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Jan Dittmer <jdi@....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

On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 01:34:19PM +0200, Jan Dittmer wrote:

> 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.

Because it would involve a moderate rewriting of the driver, and we'd 
have to carry a delta against Intel's code forever.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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