Re: What happened to linux/802_11.h?

[Jean Tourrilhes <jt@bougret.hpl.hp.com>]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 08:39:44PM -0500, James Ketrenos wrote:
> Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 05:38:27PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>Joshua Kwan <jkwan@rackable.com> wrote:
> >>   
> >>
> >>>The IPW2100 driver
> >>>(http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net) uses its definitions and now won't build
> >>>against -bk or -mm kernel source.
> >>>     
> >>>
> >>Jean, should we restore 802_11.h, or is there some alternative file which
> >>that driver should be using?
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >	Well, Jeff explicitely said that we should not care about
> >drivers outside the kernel ;-)
> >	Seriously, I see three solutions :
> >	1) Convert ipw2100 to using drivers/net/wireless/ieee802_11.h,
> >extend this header as necessary
> > 
> >
> This is the path I was planning to take when I read about 802_11.h 
> possibly going away a while ago.  The file finally going away will just 
> raise the priority of that effort a bit :)  Changing the code to use the 
> headers in drivers/net/wireless isn't a big task -- I'll put the change 
> into the next snapshot of ipw2100.

	Nice. I saw that Joshua already sent a patch on your mailing
list.
	BTW, I'm not the one maintaining ieee802_11.h, it was
originally created by David Gibson as part of the Orinoco driver. So,
if there is something you don't like in it, you may want to contact
him.

> Thanks,
> James

	Have fun...

	Jean