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Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I'd blissfully forgotten how totally crufty this API is ... oh well.

Yesterday there was a user on IRC having problems with wext (I didn't
even bother to investigate what exactly) which was immediately solved by
switching to nl80211. But he had no idea that wext was depricated until
I told him.

I know we can't remove wext because of legacy applications but is there
anything more we can do to make the users aware that wext is depreciated
and really should be avoided? For example a onetime kernel warning? Or
is that too spammy? Anything else?

-- 
Kalle Valo
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