netdev - Re: [RFC] make wext wireless bits optional and deprecate them

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <CD993362-B1DE-4E4D-8A5B-E9E2AD7DA04C@holtmann.org>
Date:	Sat, 17 May 2008 15:45:04 +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/.

Please fix HAL first before submitting such a patch.

Regards

Marcel

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html