On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 08:03:43PM +0100, Stefan Rompf wrote: > Am Donnerstag 19 Januar 2006 16:56 schrieb John W. Linville: > > > The above represents my thinking on the issue. Ultimately the WiPHY > > (aka radio) device should be thought of as a new class of driver, > > distinct from a netdev. If we have to reroute some infrastructure > > (i.e. qdisc) to make that practical, we should do so. > > > > It makes the job bigger, but I think it is the right way to go. > > I couldn't disagree more. There is absolutely no point in duplicating > infrastructure used for queuing, qdisc interface, NAPI, managing multicast > reception, registration + reference count, statistics, etc. just to avoid the > master device showing up in ifconfig.
I don't think we should duplicate infrastructure. I think we should adapt and enhance that infrastructure in ways appropriate for wireless networking. John -- John W. Linville [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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
