[Madwifi-devel] HAL 0.9.20.3 [Was: Re: Workqueue changes and 0.9.3]

[Scott R. <sco...@gm...>]

That was supposed to be a reply-to-all, sorry Mike. Reposted here:

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Scott Raynel <sco...@gm...>
> Date: 21 December 2006 10:08:11 PM
> To: Michael Renzmann <ma...@no...>
> Subject: HAL 0.9.20.3 [Was: Re: [Madwifi-devel] Workqueue changes  
> and 0.9.3]
>
>
> On 12/12/2006, at 11:20 PM, Michael Renzmann wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>>> 0.9.3 still has open tickets that need either to be closed or  
>>> postponed.
>>> I agree with your opinion, we should hold the 0.9.3 release back  
>>> until
>>> the changes you've mentioned are handled properly.
>>
>> Just to mention it: Sam recently published a new HAL version for  
>> testing
>> purposes. It's no release yet, as far as his announcement is  
>> concerned:
>>
>> See also: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.freebsd.current/86650/ 
>> focus=86650
>>
>> Should we care to commit the new HAL before 0.9.3 is out of the  
>> door? On
>> the one hand it might introduce new problems, on the other hand  
>> our "usual
>> release testing" might result in valuable feedback for Sam.
>>
>> Comments?
>
> The new HAL is not quite a drop-in replacement, as it changes the  
> way the descriptors work, which touches quite a few parts of the  
> driver. I don't think we should hold off 0.9.3 for it.
>
> However, there is quite a bit of demand, as can be seen from ticket  
> #1001 (MacBook Pro users). Also, after discussing the timestamp  
> issue with Sam, it would appear that the new HAL also provides a  
> way to check the resolution of the timestamps. I would like to get  
> this feature in, so I guess I'll put my hand up to do the necessary  
> work to integrate the new HAL.
>
> That said, I'm going to be away for the next couple of weeks,  
> starting tomorrow. Once I get back, I'd like to create a new branch  
> and make the necessary changes to madwifi there, letting people  
> test the new HAL without breaking trunk.
>
> What do you think?
>
>>
>> Bye, Mike
>
> --
> Scott Raynel
> WAND Network Research Group
> Department of Computer Science
> University of Waikato
> New Zealand
>
>
>

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Scott Raynel
WAND Network Research Group
Department of Computer Science
University of Waikato
New Zealand