On 10/12/2012 01:28 PM, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> The include file linux/ieee80211.h contains three definitions for
> the same thing in enum ieee80211_eid due to historic changes:
>
> /* Information Element IDs */
> enum ieee80211_eid {
> :
> WLAN_EID_WPA = 221,
> WLAN_EID_GENERIC = 221,
> WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC = 221,
> :
> };
>
> The standard refers to this as "vendor specific" element so the
> other two definitions are better not used. This patch changes the
> wireless drivers to use one definition, ie. WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC.
Why not remove _WPA and _GENERIC from ieee80211.h at the same time so
that nobody else won't use them in the future?
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jouni Malinen <j@xxxxx>
> Cc: Stanislav Yakovlev <stas.yakovlev@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bing Zhao <bzhao@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
For the ath6kl part:
Acked-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Kalle
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