On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 11:01 -0700, Brian Cavagnolo wrote: > This patch is based on a patch from Shailendra Govardhan. It introduces > several new iwprivs: {get,set}_bootflag {get,set}_boottime {get,set}_def_chan > {get,set}_def_protid {get,set}_def_metid {get,set}_def_meshcap > {get,set}_def_meshid. These commands are only supported on Marvell hardware > that implements persistent defaults, such as the OLPC Active Antenna. > Accordingly, this patch may not be suitable for upstream merging. > > See http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/6823 for minimal testing results and known > issues. See > http://www.laptop.org/teamwiki/index.php/Tech:Wireless#Firmware_image_which_stores_the_mesh_parameters_in_flash > for iwpriv documentation. > > Signed-off-by: Brian Cavagnolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ---
Hm. I was intending to veto the addition of any more private ioctls to the olpc tree, because they all need fixing to use cfg80211 or something else upstream, and we only make pain for ourselves by adding to the divergence -- adding new APIs to userspace when we _know_ are going to have to change them is just silly. But this is the _one_ thing which might actually be OK to do with a private ioctl, since it's very hardware-specific. Unlike like all the mesh-mangling stuff where we really ought to be compatible with o11s. So maybe, just maybe, we _can_ do this with iwpriv and push that upstream. If you want to revamp the patch to apply to the upstream kernel and see what people think of it, go ahead. -- dwmw2 _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel