[Bug 190997] Review Request: linux-wlan-ng

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Summary: Review Request: linux-wlan-ng


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=190997





------- Additional Comments From richard at rsk.demon.co.uk  2007-05-25 05:00 EST -------
>From the FAQ :-

>Q: When will linux-wlan-ng be merged into the mainline kernel?
>
>        Short answer:  Never.
>
>        First, the linux-netdev people will soundly reject this driver.  
>        I don't begrudge them for this; indeed in their position I'd do 
>        exactly the same.  It's a sound engineering decision.
>
>        linux-wlan-ng is obselete, and effort spent fixing it is better 
>        spent elsewhere.  You can't even buy the hardware any longer.
>        ...

It's never going to be easy to maintain this package, so I'd vote to close this one.

Richard

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