On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 08:16:01PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > * Wait some time to allow driver to initialize before > * starting configuring the driver. This seems to be > * needed at least some drivers that load firmware etc. > * when the interface is set up. > > which drivers are those, and why can't we fix the drivers instead? This > seems like a bug in the drivers that they return from their open > callback prematurely. I've observed issues with a driver that (at least at the time) was not fully open source. I didn't feel like fixing the driver at the time. Anyway, I'm perfectly fine with removing this from nl80211. As far as driver_wext.c is concerned, I would like to first verify what the original issue is and whether the driver could be fixed easily. -- Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA -- 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
