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Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 09:17:27 -0800
From: Harry Mangalam <mangalam@home.com>
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Subject: Re: [lwlan-user]: Re: linux-wlan-ng-0.1.8-pre5 works  perfectly(?)withOrinoco Silver
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Hi Karlis,

Are you implying that the prism drivers work OK on 2.2.18 (with netlink)?  What PCMCIA & wlan version are you using?  What card?  NOt a DLink DWL 650 by any chance? :)


hjm

Karlis Peisenieks wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Mark S. Mathews wrote:
> 
> > I think this is a issue w/ 2.2.17 and 2.2.18.  I haven't spent much time
> > with them, but I think there's a symbol issue. (DUH!)  I haven't spent
> 
> Everything works fine on 2.2.18. Just netlink (CONFIG_NETLINK) has to be
> enabled.
> 
> Still you have to make sure that you compile wlan with kernel source that
> is configured as your running kernel (due to modversions).
> 
> What is output of commands:
> 
> grep netlink_kernel_create /proc/ksyms
> and
> objdump -r prism2sta_cs.o | grep netlink_kernel_create
> ?
> 
> > One thing I'm considering is not using netlink at all.  I'm thinking about
> > using a Unix domain socket instead of nelink for usermode event
> > notification.  We'll see.
> 
> Why? I suspect you will have a lot more trouble implementing kernel space
> unix socket "server" than making a FAQ with answer to given problem :).
> Especially taking into account that netlink was created exactly for such
> purposes (kernel/user space app communication). Netlink gives clean and
> easy way to iplement kernel-userapp interface for both - kernel side
> (which is the most important thing I guess) and user app.
> 
> I think that it would even be better (read - easier) to make "virtual"
> character device driver that would do this communication rather than using
> unix sockets.
> 
> Karlis
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Cheers,
Harry

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