netdev - Re: [PATCH] Marvell Libertas 8388 802.11b/g USB driver (v2)

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Date:	Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:13:34 -0500
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
Cc:	Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@...ck.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	Jiri Benc <jbenc@...e.cz>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...hat.com>,
	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...il.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Marvell Libertas 8388 802.11b/g USB driver (v2)

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 01:52:35PM -0500, Dan Williams wrote:

> I pushed for a general "lib80211" sort of thing at the Summit, which I
> think was agreed in principle with others like Intel.  We need something
> to hold the bits that are common to d80211 and non-softmac drivers.
> These include scan result handling, some bits of the regulatory stuff
> (at least structures and definitions for allowed channels and txpower in
> each domain), and 802.3 <-> 802.11 framing conversion code.  We should
> be able to fold more stuff in there as we go along.  But there certainly
> will be code that both softmac/d80211 and non-softmac drivers (airo,
> ipw2x00, libertas, etc) can share.

ACK

-- 
John W. Linville
linville@...driver.com
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