On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 17:59 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > > I was thinking about lib80211 this morning too; specifically the code > > that everyone has to write to convert local BSS entries into WEXT scan > > results. The problem is that drivers have different ideas of what a BSS > > is. I think the _first_ thing to do is to define a BSS structure (I > > used the ipw2x00 bss structure in libertas when doing this) that all the > > fullmac drivers can use (airo, atmel, libertas, orinoco, etc). Then, > > each driver can fill out that structure from it's internal scan result, > > and hand that off to the lib80211 bss list handling code. We could have > > a help that these driver's get_scan calls to convert the internal list > > into WEXT scan results. The important thing is getting these drivers to > > fill out the common bss structure when their firmware returns a scan > > result. We could even make the lib80211 code handle scan result aging > > internally. Could have helper functions to allocate and dispose of the > > bss list instead of having to duplicate that code in every driver (it's > > already in airo & libertas, and I posted a patch that dupes it again for > > orinoco). > > Sounds good though I think this in particular is cfg80211 functionality > because over time that will want to export scan results via nl80211 too. Good point; that might be a great way to move forward and start getting cfg80211 functionality into the fullmac drivers. Dan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
