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Subject: Re: [PATCH] introduce WEXT scan capabilities
From: drago01 <drago01 () gmail ! com>
Date: 2007-12-08 10:56:46
Message-ID: 475A786E.60200 () gmail ! com
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David Miller wrote:
> From: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
> Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:22:46 -0500
>
>
>> @@ -1040,6 +1049,16 @@ struct iw_range
>> * because each entry contain its channel index */
>>
>> __u32 enc_capa; /* IW_ENC_CAPA_* bit field */
>> +
>> + /* Do *NOT* use those fields, they are just used as padding to get
>> + * proper alignement with user space */
>> + __s32 reserved1;
>> + __s32 reserved2;
>> + __u16 reserved3;
>> + __s32 reserved4;
>> + __u32 reserved5;
>> +
>> + __u32 scan_capa; /* IW_SCAN_CAPA_* bit field */
>> };
>>
>> /*
>>
>
> Major NACK. These datastructure usages are complete wrong, and
> we have to stop spreading this problem instead of continuing on
> with it as if it's OK.
>
But it seems like we have to deal with this api until nl80211/cfg80211
is ready. But the situation is _worse_ without this patch (hidden ssid
support is a huge mess).
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