linux-kernel - Re: [Madwifi-devel] ANNOUNCE: SFLC helps developers assessar5k (enabling free Atheros HAL)

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Message-ID: <20061115232816.GA20849@devicescape.com>
Date:	Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:28:16 -0800
From:	David Kimdon <david.kimdon@...icescape.com>
To:	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>
Cc:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>, lwn@....net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>,
	madwifi-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Madwifi-devel] ANNOUNCE: SFLC helps developers assessar5k	(enabling free Atheros HAL)

On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 02:39:01PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 14:21 -0500, John W. Linville wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 07:42:14PM +0100, Michael Buesch wrote:
> 
> I said it before, and it's worth repeating.  Dissolving HAL in the
> sources is easy.  It's just a matter of moving functions around without
> serious chances of breaking anything as long as the source compiles.
> The whole "HAL-based architecture" can be reshuffled and eliminated by
> one person in a few days.
> 
> Making things work properly takes years.  That's what MadWifi has been
> working on for a long time, using contributions and bug reports from
> scores of users and developers.
> 
> Rejecting MadWifi because it's HAL based is like throwing away a diamond
> ring because it's too narrow.

I completely agree.  The approach we are taking with dadwifi[1] is to
use much of the existing code from madwifi and port it to the d80211
stack.  Today dadwifi works in monitor, sta and ap mode.

-David


[1] http://madwifi.org/wiki/DadWifi

> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Pavel Roskin
> 
> 
> 
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