2009/9/1 Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 10:28:35AM -0700, Gábor Stefanik wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez<lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 09:33:00AM -0700, Jouni Malinen wrote: >> >> On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 08:54:25AM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> >> > + SoftMAC devices. SoftMAC devices allow for a finer control of the >> >> >> >> Again, I don't really like the term "SoftMAC" here.. >> > >> > What's a better term? >> > >> >> "Software-based", "Software-MAC", "Software-defined", or anything that >> neither implies that the stack is designed for PrismGT (the >> capitalization "SoftMAC" comes from Intersil AFAIK), nor allows >> confusion with ieee80211softmac (which could result if we write it >> with all small letters as "softmac"). > > Indeed, I picked up 'SoftMAC' and 'FullMAC' terminology from the prism54 days > after they decided to move in that direction as others were or already had. For > better or for worse I have been using 'SoftMAC' throughout wireless.kernel.org > documentation to distinguish between 'FullMAC' cards. I really have not been > able to find any other suitable replacements, are there legal reasons to not use > such terms? > > I thought 'mac80211' name was brilliant as it highlighted the main focus for the > module, to focus on the MAC frame processing, I just cannot think of any > description for it other than something to support SoftMAC cards. The description isn't the problem - the term "SoftMAC" is, due to its connections with ieee80211softmac. Even "Software MAC" would be better here. > > Luis > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) -- 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
