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Linux kernel design patterns - part 3

Linux kernel design patterns - part 3

Posted Jun 22, 2009 18:41 UTC (Mon) by johill (subscriber, #25196)
Parent article: Linux kernel design patterns - part 3

Partial answer to exercise 2: wireless is moving towards having _two_ midlayers, cfg80211 and mac80211, and additionally has library functions. Just to give one example, this shields drivers from details like wireless extensions. And this is a good thing.


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