On 04/04/13 16:51, Julian Calaby wrote: > Hi Wang, > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 3:01 AM, Wang YanQing <udknight@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Current we can only enable lib80211 by enable a driver >> in tree use it which will select it, but some out tree's >> drivers also use it, so I think it has sense to make lib80211 >> can be enabled independently. > > Just as a bit of explanation for Johannes' NACK: > > 1. The only reason lib80211 still exists is because a couple of > in-tree drivers still use it. If this weren't the case, the code would > have been removed a long time ago as it's been completely replaced by > mac80211 and cfg80211. All modern drivers _must_ use mac80211 or > cfg80211 without exception. > 2. In general, there is no official in-kernel support for > out-of-kernel drivers, regardless of quality, status or importance. > 3. I believe that the in-tree brcmsmac driver already supports the > Broadcom card you reference. 3b. If 3. is not correct, someone should endeavor to merge this out-of-tree driver into the kernel tree. -- ~Randy -- 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
