Re: 2.6.21-rc3-mm1

[Dave Jones]

On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 09:50:43AM -0500, John W. Linville wrote:
 > On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 08:18:39PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
 > 	    By removing NET_RADIO, these changes pave the way to making wireless
 > 	    extensions optional when cfg80211 can fully take over for some drivers
 > 	    and you don't have any older drivers that still require wext.
 > 
 > Honestly, I'm tempted to add the pre-802.11 stuff to the features
 > removal list.  I wonder if any of it still actually works...

FWIW, I've built these drivers in Fedora for aeons, and never had a single
bug filed against them. Either they're perfect, or no-one has that junk
any more.  I should turn them off for a build and see if anyone complains :)

	Dave

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