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Re: [Madwifi-devel] Survey: What are you using MadWifi for, and why?

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Hi David,

> The problem with switching to ath5k would be the loss of performance 
> related features (compression, fast frames, turbo), and some required 
> features (half/quarter rates are required for some channels on some 
> radios).  Also, I don't know if ath5k will work on products based on 
> Atheros WiSOCs like Ubiquiti's PicoStation and Bullet.  A lesser issue 
> (more of a pain for me than an ath5k issue) is that I have some 
> platforms that use an older kernel and moving up to a newer kernel will 
> have to be done without hardware vendor support.

and that is exactly not a valid point to include MadWifi into the
staging tree. If you are running older kernels, the staging tree doesn't
help you at all.

Regards

Marcel


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