Re: libXO-ification - Why - and is it a symptom of deeper issues?

On 16 November 2015 at 12:30, Dan Partelly <dan_partelly_at_rdsor.ro> wrote:
> Hi Adrian,
>
>
> No, no, none wasn't unwelcoming or cold.  Thanks for your responses
>
>> I plan on attacking the binary code reuse a bit by turning the
>> net80211 bits of ifconfig into a library and starting to use it from
>> other places
>
> This is great news. ifconfig is an obvious target. I personally am more interested in the part dealing
> with ethernet from ifconfig, but if you are willing to help/mentor and direct the effort maybe we can arrange something.
> How do you propose to proceed from here ?

I'm goign to start by taking the net80211 regdomain code out of
ifconfig and putting it in a library. There are some ioctl calls too
to manipulate the net80211 state and query it for things like scan
list, etc. I'm also going to try and pull those out into a library.

If you'd like to tackle something like this in ifconfig, I'd start by
say doing the same with software bridge support. It should be
relatively self contained and be a good target for turning into a
library.



-a