On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:12 PM, Michael Renzmann <mrenzmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi. > > Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> Remove Atheros 11n devices from being claimed by ath5k as its >> now handled by ath9k. > > I must admit that I can't tell it myself due to a lack of in-depth > knowledge about both drivers, hence the question: why a new driver, rather > than adding 11n support to ath5k and have a single driver for all Atheros > chipsets? Working on a separate driver was the way we could guarantee the *best possible support and quality* for our drivers for users. There are some similarities in the drivers but the architecture varies a bit. Both drivers can use help from each other in terms of design but right now the focus is to get users supported. We expect to talk more about this particular topic at the summit. Luis -- 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
