# Re: \[git patches\] new wireless stuffs

- From: Jeff Garzik \<hidden\>
- Date: 2005-07-31 16:48:27 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2005/07/753528
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2005/07/753370/t.md

```text
Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Any chance we can give the hostap driver a better name?  hostap describes
> the AP mode it can operate on, but it should really be named after the hardware
> it supports in some way.


If the driver gets rewritten, sure.  Otherwise, users are already familiar with the name.

	Jeff
```