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Re: [ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050

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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen.hemminger@...>
To: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@...>
Cc: <wimax@...>, <linux-wireless@...>, <netdev@...>, <linux-kernel@...>
Subject: Re: [ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050
Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 - 3:04 pm

Looking at the kernel/user interface: wimax-tools-1.1/lib/op-open.c

This API is repeating the mistake of the old Linux Wireless API. It is putting version
checks between kernel and library and this is a maintenance nightmare. Linux
API's are not COM. Versioning is a mistake.  Use a TLA api like netlink so it
can be extensible without version handshake.
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[ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050, Inaky Perez-Gonzalez, (Tue Apr 1, 2:07 pm)
Re: [ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050, Stephen Hemminger, (Tue Apr 8, 3:04 pm)
Re: [ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050, Stephen Hemminger, (Tue Apr 8, 2:56 pm)
Re: [ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050, Marcel Holtmann, (Tue Apr 8, 3:44 pm)
Re: [ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050, Inaky Perez-Gonzalez, (Tue Apr 8, 4:59 pm)
Re: [ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050, Andi Kleen, (Wed Apr 9, 2:10 am)
Re: [ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050, Inaky Perez-Gonzalez, (Wed Apr 9, 2:09 pm)
Re: [ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050, Andi Kleen, (Wed Apr 9, 4:31 pm)
Re: [ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050, Stephen Hemminger, (Tue Apr 8, 11:13 am)
Re: [ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050, Stephen Hemminger, (Tue Apr 1, 2:18 pm)
Re: [ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050, Inaky Perez-Gonzalez, (Tue Apr 1, 2:33 pm)