linux-kernel - Re: [ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050

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Date:	Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:04:03 -0500
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen.hemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	wimax@...uxwimax.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050

Looking at the kernel/user interface: wimax-tools-1.1/lib/op-open.c

This API is repeating the mistake of the old Linux Wireless API. It is putting version
checks between kernel and library and this is a maintenance nightmare. Linux
API's are not COM. Versioning is a mistake.  Use a TLA api like netlink so it
can be extensible without version handshake.
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