Re: libertas (private) ioctls vs. nl80211

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On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:09:36 -0400
"John W. Linville" <[email protected]> wrote:

> It does not make sense to me to rip this out purely for aesthetic
> reasons.

Aesthetics are good, but that's not the main issue.

What is most worrying is that there appears to be a risk that these
newly-added interfaces will later become obsoleted by another interface. 
This means that we'll need to maintain, test and support _both_ interfaces
for a very long time.  This is the sort of foot-shooting we should avoid.

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