Hello!
Please don't reignite this flamewar again. It was discussed in the list
already. Also, there is no need to copy your e-mail to personal
addresses. You may get more attention initially, but you can end up in
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On Sun, 2005-04-03 at 09:26 +0200, abuas_z wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On page:
>
> http://www.kismetwireless.net/HOWTO-orinoco-drivers.txt
>
> I can read about new Orinoco drivers (0.15 and CVS code):
>
> "Unfortunately, the new monitor code subtly changes how packet data
> is formatted, making it unusable with existing applications that
> expect the previous format.
"The previous format" refers to the format provided by patches that were
never applied (because they were ugly hacks IMHO).
> The new driver structure also lacks
> per-packet statistics for signal and noise... The patches available
> on the kismetwireless.net site restore this missing functionality".
>
> Why "the new driver structure lacks per-packet statistics for signal
> and noise"?
Because there is no standard for it.
> So if the patches from kismetwireless restore this
> functionality, is it any problem to apply these patches to CVS code?
The patches don't "restore" anything. This code was never in the
driver, only in non-official patches floating around.
If somebody wants this functionality, the patch should be submitted to
the developers. Also, it's very desirable that the format of the
additional data is standardized in a hardware independent form.
Alternatively, I want to hear why such standard is impossible or
impractical.
I have no time to discuss it again, so unless new arguments or new code
is presented, don't expect me to participate in further discussion on
this topic.
--
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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