Marcel Holtmann wrote:
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.
True. I happen to agree that Madwifi shouldn't go into staging. I
would rather see the features I noted ported into ath5k. Thanks!
-ack
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