netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] PS3: gelic: Add wireless support for PS3

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Message-ID: <20080125024725.GB3411@tuxdriver.com>
Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:47:25 -0500
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
Cc:	Masakazu Mokuno <mokuno@...sony.co.jp>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	geoffrey.levand@...sony.com,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] PS3: gelic: Add wireless support for PS3

On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 08:49:45PM -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 14:51 +0900, Masakazu Mokuno wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > PS3: gelic: Add wireless support for PS3
> > 
> > This is the version 2 of the re-worked (rewritten) version of the
> > wireless support driver for PS3.  The version 1 of the new driver was
> > submitted on 13th Dec. 2007 (and the old one was submitted to net-dev ML
> > in June 2007).
> > 
> > Major differences with the old driver are:
> >   - The new driver has a separate ethX interface from ethernet.
> >     They share the same MAC address.
> >   - Thus we can use both ethernet and wireless simultaenously.
> >   - The new driver returns AP's cipher information by the common IE
> >     format in the scan information.
> >   - Cipher selection is done via the common wireless extension way
> 
> Looks like all my issues have been addressed.  Thanks!  Lets get this in
> 2.6.25 :)
> 
> Acked-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>

ACK -- please merge it with the other patches through the powerpc tree.

Thanks,

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