netdev - Re: [ipw3945-devel] [ANNOUNCE] d80211 based driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

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Date:	Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:41:11 -0500
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>
Cc:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	James Ketrenos <jketreno@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	ipw3945-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ipw3945-devel] [ANNOUNCE] d80211 based driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

On Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 12:53:51PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> Quoting "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>:
> 
> > > Very cool!  Is it likely that d80211 and iwlwifi will be pushed into
> > > mainline in time for 2.6.21?
> >
> > Hmmm...I think we need to spend a cycle or so in -mm.  2.6.22 seems
> > more likely for mainline.
> 
> I think we should take this as a goal.  Last time I checked, d80211 wasn't in
> -mm.  Perhaps it should go there.  And by the way, the latest changes from
> netdev->class_dev to netdev->dev break d80211.  Perhaps we should rebase
> wireless-dev immediately after 2.6.21-rc1, fix all compile issues and submit
> the patch to -mm.

That is basically the plan. :-)

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