Search Linux Wireless

Re: [RFC] cfg80211: Android P2P-Device workaround

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Hi Arend,

>>>> +config CFG80211_ANDROID_P2P_HACK
>>>> +	bool "Android P2P netdevice hack"
>>>> +	depends on CFG80211
>>>> +	depends on !CFG80211_WEXT
>>>> +	help
>>>> +	  Enable this option for Android P2P w/ P2P Device.
>>>> +
>>> 
>>> do you really think this is a good idea? Wouldn't it be better if
>>> Android just gets its userspace fixed. This way, they never will and
>>> you carry this workaround forever.
>> 
>> Well, I'm about 50/50 on whether to merge this. On the one hand, it's a
>> very simple patch to carry out of tree, on the other hand more than one
>> person will need it.
>> 
> 
> Here is one who needs it. I consider this patch as a temporary solution, but it would be good to have it upstream. We would be using compat-drivers to backport the upstream brcmfmac to the android kernel, which also takes care of cfg80211.

why do I get the feeling that the root-cause for this stupid p2p0 device is the Broadcom binary only driver  ;)

I feel like being back in the world of Wireless Extensions ;)

Regards

Marcel

--
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




[Index of Archives]     [Linux Host AP]     [ATH6KL]     [Linux Wireless Personal Area Network]     [Linux Bluetooth]     [Linux Netdev]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Linux Kernel]     [IDE]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite Hiking]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux RAID]

  Powered by Linux