Re: [Madwifi-devel] Survey: What are you using MadWifi for, and why?
David Acker <[email protected]>
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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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html