Re: [wmii] Roadmap to 3.5

On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:21:00 +0100
"Stefan Tibus" <sjti_AT_gmx.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:50:37 +0100 Anselm R. Garbe wrote:
>
> > I don't understand the following:
> >
> > > * ixpc uses IXP_ADDRESS as the default address it reads from
> > > => re-introduce WMII_ADDRESS, wmiir
> >
> > Why re-introducing WMII_ADDRESS and wmiir? hg tip simply uses
> > ixpc and IXP_ADDRESS.
>
> Well, I think the point is, that ixpc is for general use
> and not for wmii only. The same applies for IXP_ADDRESS.
> But wmii sets (and exports) IXP_ADDRESS to point to the
> wmii filesystem, so no other program can use it anymore...
> Either one should explicitly pass the wmii-address to ixpc
> on any call or have a modified ixpc (=wmiir) which uses
> WMII_ADDRESS instead of IXP_ADDRESS.
> At least, the way it is now appears inconsistent to me:
> ixpc is for wmii only, but has a general name.
>
> Actually, a simple wrapper (called wmiir) that takes the
> address from WMII_ADDRESS and passes it on to ixpc would
> do the job.

That's exactly the idea.