Re: [Madwifi-users] hiden ssid ?!

[Kel M. <ke...@tp...>]

Daniel Wu wrote:
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>     http://madwifi.org/ticket/572.
>     The patch is working fine for me (and has been included in debian
>     packaging for quite some time) , however it *is* a workaround for a
>     cleaner solution, Moreover, I cannot see that cleaner solution coming
>     any time soon.
>
>
>
>  Hey Kel,
>
> I think it wouldn't hurt to try patching it using the workaround. I 
> probably won't have the time to go and "fix" it myself for the next 
> few months.

Well, I'll consider it and thanks for letting me know. Take your time; I 
assume you are quite busy with more important things (study?).

>
> The more I look at the current code base, the more I think we're 
> surpassing its maintainability.  I think the multi-vap thing was a 
> good idea but poorly implemented (with no design doc) and lead to very 
> many problems (or confusion).

Indeed, I agree with your opinion.

>
> I'm actually planning to do some significiant modifications to the 
> code so it can be modified much more easily. This may or may not come 
> about depending on the time I can spare.  Hopefully by Winter, I'll 
> have something better overall.
>
> I'm thinking this is one of those cases where we either keep patching 
> the old ship or buy a new one.

Yes, it is!

Thanks, Kel.