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Re: [RFC PATCH] introduce WEXT scan capabilities

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On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 12:35:06PM -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> 
> So how would _you_ add a scan capabilities bitfield (or a new generic
> capabilities bitfield) to the WEXT range call?
> 
> We need the scan capability flag functionality; I don't care how we get
> it as long as the patch is not too invasive.  But userspace needs to
> know what the driver can do, and the patch needs to be written so that
> drivers that don't have the capabilities don't need to be touched.

	Dan,

	In my first e-mail, I offered you a way to do that without
having to change the API. You rejected it because it means fixing
various drivers. Well, there was a reason why I proposed it...

> Dan

	Regards,

	Jean
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