> This patch adds z1211 (previously known as zd1211rw-mac80211),
> a driver for Zydas ZD1211 hardware. This driver has proven very
> robust -- Fedora 7 uses this driver and I don't think I have any open
> bugzillas for it. Either the driver works well, or no one as using
> it...given the common availability of the hardware, I have to presume
> the former. :-)
>
> This driver is mostly a port of zd1211rw to the mac80211
> infrastructure. In fact, most zd1211rw patches have been mirrored
> directly to this driver for some time. I considered merely updating
> the existing driver with this code, but I think it is more prudent to
> include this as a separate driver just to avoid confusion. There is
> some symbol clash between the two drivers, so I add a Kconfig hack
> to ensure that only one or the other is built-in or that this one is
> built as a module.
>
> The maintainers have identified some (IMHO minor) issues with the
> mac80211 port of this driver. Some of them are summarized here:
>
>
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/zd1211rw/mac80211Issues
>
> Still, I think we would be better-off having this driver upstream.
