From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262439AbUDKRml (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Apr 2004 13:42:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262429AbUDKRmk (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Apr 2004 13:42:40 -0400 Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net ([204.127.202.56]:27527 "EHLO sccrmhc12.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262439AbUDKRmj (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Apr 2004 13:42:39 -0400 Subject: Re: Any plan for inclusion of linux-wlan-ng ? From: Jon Oberheide To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ga=EBl?= Le Mignot Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, info@linux-wlan.com In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Message-Id: <1081705342.22891.33.camel@latitude> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 13:42:22 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2004-04-11 at 06:37, Gaël Le Mignot wrote: > Hello, > > I was just wondering is there is any plan of including linux-wlan-ng > into the 2.6 kernel. Does someone know about that ? If not, does > someone know why ? After a quick googling: http://www.advogato.org/person/scandal/ According to this link, the wlan-ng drivers suffer a similar fate as several other wireless drivers (e.g. HostAP) as they allow for driver-based (as opposed to firmware-based) WEP encryption and decryption. Fortunately, the recent inclusion of the ARC4 module (by yours truly) in the crypto API will allow these wireless drivers to use this driver-based WEP and still be included in the kernel. The Michael MIC cipher was also recently included by HostAP to be used with TKIP. I have CC'ed this to the linux-wlan guys in case they're not aware of this development. Regards, Jon Oberheide jon@focalhost.com