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Message-Id: <31B1A5D6-8E8B-4148-860F-326FEEE5A3EE@holtmann.org> Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 16:36:31 +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/. > > Oh, ok, I didn't know that, thanks. > >> Please fix HAL first before submitting such a patch. > > Sure, I'll take a look at that. saw your patch. Looks good to me. However what do we do with the non- mac80211 drivers that are using WEXT directly. These should be detected as net.80211, too. Regards Marcel -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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