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Re: question: /sys/class/net/*/wireless

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On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 12:27:37PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> And related to that issue, /proc/net/wireless.
> 
> Seeing that /sys/class/net/*/wireless has been around forever and offers
> the same information (actually, /proc/net/wireless tries to post-process
> quality values?? we can do that in sysfs too) I opt for killing it to
> minimize support requirements for cfg80211.
> 
> Unless somebody objects I intend to send a feature removal schedule
> patch soon.

Well, it could be added to the schedule, but taken into account how
widely used /proc/net/wireless and wireless extensions are in user space
programs, I don't think this should be removed anytime soon, if ever. I
would object removal for at least the next five years..

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA
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