[Desktop_architects] OSDL Wireless Summit 2
John Cherry
cherry at linux-foundation.org
Fri Feb 2 08:55:00 PST 2007
Here is a quick update on the second wireless summit. Steve Hemminger
(OSDL) was the technical leader at the event and provided the following
summary/report:
http://lwn.net/Articles/219102/ (if you have an LWN account)
http://developer.osdl.org/shemminger/Wireless2/summary.html
The summit was very productive with the following main points:
- Commitment to make experimental wireless packages available. This
will make the devicescape stack and associated drivers more available
to developers.
- Progress on the new cfg80211 driver interface. This is a message
passing interface to replace the ioctl interface. Of course, there
will be a compatibility layer during the transition.
- Better understanding of the regulatory environment that vendors must
operate in. The issue is that the FCC does not want it to be easy
for users to tamper with radio settings / power levels. The only
solution that can get certified in the current regulatory environment
is to have a closed source component either in firmware (good), the
kernel (bad), or userspace (less evil).
Presentations and details can be found on the wireless summit site at:
http://developer.osdl.org/dev/desktop_architects/index.php/Wireless_Summit_2
The next wireless summit was socialized as being in the fall (possibly
in October) either on the east coast of the US or in Israel.
John
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