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From: David Brownell <david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public•gmane.org>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes-cdvu00un1VgdHxzADdlk8Q@public•gmane.org>
Cc: Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna-E01nCVcF24I@public•gmane.org>,
	bjd-a1rhEgazXTw@public•gmane.org,
	netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public•gmane.org,
	linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public•gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] [PATCH] Split up rndis_host.c
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 10:49:49 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200801081049.49764.david-b@pacbell.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1199813561.6762.13.camel-YfaajirXv214zXjbi5bjpg@public.gmane.org>

On Tuesday 08 January 2008, Johannes Berg wrote:
> 
> > I see that the rndis_wext.c Kconfig won't kick in unless the
> > 802.11 stuff is available ... what additional dependencies
> > does that imply for a fatter rndis_host module?
> 
> No extra modules are currently required for just plain wext [1]. In the
> future, we hope to migrate stuff to cfg80211 though, which is a separate
> module.

Hmmm.  Well, go the current route then ... but come up with a good
plan to split it up later, so that connecting a typical non-wireless
RNDIS device won't incur such needless extra modules.

- Dave


> johannes
> 
> [1] mostly because all the code is simply compiled into the kernel...
> 

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-01-08 18:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-12-22 21:51 [PATCH 0/8] RFC: Wireless Extensions for rndis_host Bjorge Dijkstra
2007-12-22 21:51 ` [PATCH 2/8] [PATCH] Hardwire CDC descriptors when missing Bjorge Dijkstra
2007-12-23  0:49   ` David Brownell
2007-12-22 21:51 ` [PATCH 3/8] [PATCH] Use 1KB buffer in rndis_unbind Bjorge Dijkstra
     [not found]   ` <11983602953865-git-send-email-bjd-a1rhEgazXTw@public.gmane.org>
2007-12-23  0:51     ` David Brownell
2007-12-22 21:51 ` [PATCH 6/8] [PATCH] Split up rndis_host.c Bjorge Dijkstra
2007-12-23  1:17   ` David Brownell
     [not found]     ` <20071223011707.1798C2360C6-ZcXrCSuhvln6VZ3dlLfH/g4gEjPzgfUyLrfjE7I9kuVHxeISYlDBzl6hYfS7NtTn@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-02 20:13       ` Jussi Kivilinna
2008-01-08 11:19         ` David Brownell
     [not found]           ` <200801080319.23299.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-08 17:32             ` Johannes Berg
     [not found]               ` <1199813561.6762.13.camel-YfaajirXv214zXjbi5bjpg@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-08 18:49                 ` David Brownell [this message]
2008-01-17 20:40             ` Jussi Kivilinna
2007-12-22 21:51 ` [PATCH 7/8] Add Wireless Extensions to rndis_host Bjorge Dijkstra
     [not found]   ` <11983602951628-git-send-email-bjd-a1rhEgazXTw@public.gmane.org>
2007-12-23  1:27     ` David Brownell
     [not found] ` <11983602942818-git-send-email-bjd-a1rhEgazXTw@public.gmane.org>
2007-12-22 21:51   ` [PATCH 1/8] Fix sparse warning: returning void-valued expression Bjorge Dijkstra
     [not found]     ` <11983602952341-git-send-email-bjd-a1rhEgazXTw@public.gmane.org>
2007-12-23  0:42       ` David Brownell
2007-12-22 21:51   ` [PATCH 4/8] [PATCH] Halt device if rndis_bind fails Bjorge Dijkstra
2007-12-23  0:54     ` David Brownell
2007-12-22 21:51   ` [PATCH 5/8] Fix rndis packet filter flags Bjorge Dijkstra
2007-12-23  1:06     ` David Brownell
2007-12-22 21:51   ` [PATCH 8/8] [PATCH] Use wlan device name for RNDIS wireless devices Bjorge Dijkstra
     [not found]     ` <11983602952006-git-send-email-bjd-a1rhEgazXTw@public.gmane.org>
2007-12-23  1:30       ` David Brownell
2007-12-23  1:49   ` [PATCH 0/8] RFC: Wireless Extensions for rndis_host David Brownell

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