Hello! On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 14:21 -0500, John W. Linville wrote: > On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 07:42:14PM +0100, Michael Buesch wrote: > > > Now that it seems to be ok to use these openbsd sources, should I port > > them to my driver framework? > > I looked over the ar5k code and, well, I don't like it. ;) > > I don't really like having a HAL. I'd rather prefer a "real" driver > > without that HAL obfuscation. > > I don't think anyone likes the HAL-based architecture. I don't think > we will accept a HAL-based driver into the upstream kernel.
I said it before, and it's worth repeating. Dissolving HAL in the sources is easy. It's just a matter of moving functions around without serious chances of breaking anything as long as the source compiles. The whole "HAL-based architecture" can be reshuffled and eliminated by one person in a few days. Making things work properly takes years. That's what MadWifi has been working on for a long time, using contributions and bug reports from scores of users and developers. Rejecting MadWifi because it's HAL based is like throwing away a diamond ring because it's too narrow. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
