On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 02:53:29PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote: > > ieee80211 is used by Intel. Some bits used by HostAP, which also > > duplicates a lot of ieee80211 code. And bcm43xx. And another couple > > drivers found in -mm or out-of-tree. > > Orinoco also uses it now no ?
Dave, the Orinoco is a wireless card that has a hardware MAC, plust firmware. I do agree with Jiri that there basically is no support for softmac devices in the ieee80211 code. I'm also in favor of merging the devicescape code, but I don't see it happening without somebody taking care to provide all the required levels of interfaces (I see at least three levels of API's that a wireless driver would need, depending on how much stuff is done in hardware/firmware and how much in software. I also think that there is a lack of knowledge on the architecture of 802.11 low-level protocols and drivers among many people (including myself) in the network community. Only this way I can explain why there are always people who claim that the kernel already has a 802.11 'stack'. -- - Harald Welte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://gnumonks.org/ ============================================================================ "Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option." (ETSI EN 300 175-7 Ch. A6)
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