Am Dienstag 17 Januar 2006 19:37 schrieb Jirka Bohac: > - DeviceScape can be there so it can be polished and new drivers can > start using it. > - ieee80211 could be there with a big fat warning that it will go > away soon, just to allow ipw2x00 to work while DeviceScape and > the ipw2x00 port for it to be stabilized. > > Isnt't this a viable option?
As I was the one who tried porting ipw2100 to devicescape, I can tell you that it isn't that easy. Both stacks require major surgery to be really generic. Devicescape doesn't support cards with firmware, e.g. ipw2100. ieee80211 on the other hand is far away from supporting multiple associations or access point and is putting way too much kernel interface burden on the driver writer. At this point, it's too early to decide what stack to enhance, we need to discuss our requirements first, then API between stack and device driver. Then we can choose one stack as primary development target. Stefan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
