On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:55:38AM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote: > Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 11:07 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote: > > > >> I definitely want to see this background scan support in Wireless > >> Extensions as well, otherwise it might prevent the real use of the > >> feature. > > > > However, the more feature we keep stuffing into WEXT the less incentive > > is there to actually do something about cfg80211. I'm with Luis here, > > the fact that there are no tools anywhere is because those tools aren't > > really very useful yet, not because it's not possible to get the tools > > in. > > I understand yours and Luis' points. But I still think that we should > push cfg80211 acceptance first with the argument of more reliable > method of configure 80211 devices, and only later start adding > cfg80211-only features. cfg80211-only features may be a great reason for people to move to the new tools. Considering how fragile WEXT has proven to be, I am not at all in favor of continuing to extend it. John -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx of your literate lifestyle. -- 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
