On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 14:41 -0500, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On 2/8/07, John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 01:38:02PM -0500, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > > On 2/8/07, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 07:54 +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > >> Btw, if we submit cfg80211 for inclusion there should be at least one > > > >patch > > > >> in the series actually converts a driver to use it. Both to make this > > > >> code not dead and give people and example on how to use the cfg80211 > > > >> infrastructure. > > > > > > > >I guess I could make softmac use it. > > > > > > Another idea here is we can provide a configfs frontend to cfg80211 > > > therefore any device which implements cfg80211 will automagically have > > > a userspace frontend (/configfs/wireless/foo) ready to test cfg80211. > > > With this we wouldn't have to wait for the next userspace nl80211 > > > application to start testing cfg80211 directly (without wireless > > > extensions compat). A configfs frontend can also allow more rapid > > > development of userspace interfaces to configure wireless devices > > > through cfg80211. Comments? > > > > Luis, > > > > You have mentioned this before, and FWIW I think it is a decent idea. > > Let's see some code! :-) > > I know, I know, talk is cheap, trust me, I abide by this motto every > day. I actually wanted to just code this up and send this as part of > my comment but do have other responsibilities I have to attend to > first. I figured I'd throw it out though in case someone who does have > time is willing to pick it up as I think it would be great for us. Last time I tried configfs didn't support the group commit stuff yet so it'd be only useful for *showing* things rather than changing... johannes
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