On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 03:05:50PM +0100, Jiri Benc wrote: > On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 12:16:57 +0000 > Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The most important merge requirement is to not break userspace. That means > > proper support of WE (hopefully via cfg80211), and a single ethX network > > device. > > Sounds reasonable. Though: > - I don't think ethX is the appropriate name. It's not an ethernet > device and many wireless drivers currently use wlanX name. I think > the current wlanX name is a better choice here.
This is not about the name that makes sense. I think using ethX names for wireless devices is utterly stupid, but it's what all current upstream drivers do, and at least for WE compat we'll have to stick to it. > - Single device is not as easy as it sounds. It would require rather > invasive changes in the networking core or ugly hacks in d80211. I'm > afraid this is something not achievable in a near future with current > number of people working on d80211. But in general, it's doable and > desirable, yes. Again, I'm not sure it's even desirable in the end. We do however need a mode in which you can configure a single ethX device with WE and it'll just work. It's entirely reasonable to only support a subset of the functionality that way (no 802.11n, no AP mode, etc) - 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
