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Re: [RFC] acx100 inclusion in mainline; generic 802.11 stack

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Subject: Re: [RFC] acx100 inclusion in mainline; generic 802.11 stack
From: Vladimir Kondratiev <vkondra@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 23:24:35 +0300
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>, Denis Vlasenko <vda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jean Tourrilhes <jt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jouni Malinen <jkmaline@xxxxxxxxx>, acx100-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, prism54-devel@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Jeff,

On Tuesday 31 August 2004 21:21, Jeff Garzik wrote:
JG> Denis Vlasenko wrote:
JG> > I think 'senior' network guys are in position to decide upon which
JG> > of currently available 802.11 stacks we should continue to work.
JG> > (Atheros has one, said to be derived from BSD, is there any others?)
JG>
JG>
JG> Already have.  Start with the code in wireless-2.6 -- HostAP -- and use
JG> DaveM's 802.11 stack template as a model for actually integrating 802.11
JG> very tightly with the rest of the net stack.
JG>
JG>
 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/patchkits/2.6/davem-p8
0211.tar.bz2 

Is this stack the main one that is going to be used? I.e. if I am working on 
driver for next generation .11 card - should I try to use it, request/submitt 
missing features etc.? Or should I use wireless extensions?

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