netdev - Re: zd1211 ported to Devicescape stack

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Date:	Sat, 2 Dec 2006 13:32:28 -0500
From:	Michael Wu <flamingice@...rmilk.net>
To:	Ulrich Kunitz <kune@...ne-taler.de>
Cc:	Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	John Linville <linville@...driver.com>,
	Luis Rodriguez <mcgrof@...il.com>
Subject: Re: zd1211 ported to Devicescape stack

On Saturday 02 December 2006 12:57, Ulrich Kunitz wrote:
> I intend to track the d80211 stack, care for the forward porting
> and see also a number of things, which should be done for d80211.
>
> - 802.11a support
> - better d80211 integration (d80211_tx_status, led stuff)
> - cleanups
>
Great! I expected to handle the patch porting alone, but it's better to have 
someone used to this hardware doing this.

> This will make the d80211 driver the development branch and the
> mainline driver the maintenance branch. As already stated I intend
> care for forwardportsi of the mainline fixes, but IMHO we should
> not care to much for backports and backport compatibility.
I avoided cleanups in the patch to make any patch porting from the mainline 
driver easier, but if it's okay with you, I might make a few zd1211-d80211 
specific clean up patches.

Thanks,
-Michael Wu

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