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Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH] ath5k: add support for Dell Vostro A860 LED

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On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 3:42 AM, Shahar Or <mightyiampresence@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
> <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> IIRC this is all mapped in the INF file, I thought I had released an
>>>> INF file under the ISC license but it seems that's not the case, I can
>>>> try to do that if it helps. Anyway, if we can move this sort of map to
>>>> userspace it'd be neat as you'd just need a userspace file update.
>>>> Only thing is how to do this in a generic way for all wireless drivers
>>>> and if this is indeed useful for other drivers.
>>>
>>> Export something through sysfs and use a udev rule?
>>
>> True. Is sysfs the preferred fs nowadays, what about configfs? Or
>> maybe even udev rule --> nl80211 ?
>
> If we have all the IDs from the INF file, then why do we need this in
> userspace? Is the list growing?

No, but for other newer hardware/drivers it can likely grow, so my
comment was more of a generic driver approach to this.

  Luis
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