[ath9k-devel] is nl80211 being used now?

[ath9k-devel] is nl80211 being used now?

[pangyunong]

Hi all,
 I see something in
http://linuxwireless.org/en/developers/Documentation/nl80211

it said nl80211 still be under development. does the current version we
use use nl80211 already?



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About nl80211

nl80211 is the new 802.11 netlink interface public header. Together with
cfg80211 it is intended to replace Wireless-Extensions. nl80211 and
cfg80211 still under development.
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thanks,

Yunong Pang
Regards,

[ath9k-devel] is nl80211 being used now?

[Mohammed Shafi]

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:39 PM, pangyunong <029012@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> ?I see something in
> http://linuxwireless.org/en/developers/Documentation/nl80211
>
> it said nl80211 still be under development. does the current version we
> use use nl80211 already?

yes, when we use a command like
iw dev wlan0 set type managed
we are using nl80211

>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> About nl80211
>
> nl80211 is the new 802.11 netlink interface public header. Together with
> cfg80211 it is intended to replace Wireless-Extensions. nl80211 and
> cfg80211 still under development.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> thanks,
>
> Yunong Pang
> Regards,
>
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>



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shafi

Re: [ath9k-devel] is nl80211 being used now?

[Pavel Roskin]

On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:09:51 +0800
pangyunong <029012@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>  I see something in
> http://linuxwireless.org/en/developers/Documentation/nl80211
> 
> it said nl80211 still be under development. does the current version
> we use use nl80211 already?

You are writing to a wrong mailing list.  The ath9k-devel list is
about specific hardware from Atheros.  This question belongs to the list
about Linux wireless subsystem, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, so I'm
copying your message there.

Yes, nl80211 is used by all drivers supporting cfg80211, which includes
mac80211 based drivers and some other drivers (orinoco, I believe,
although it's not supported well).

The wording on the nl80211 page needs fixing, as it leaves a wrong
impression that nl80211 is some new immature project.  But the actual
text is probably correct.  nl80211 is new, it's developed, it's a
replacement for Wireless Extensions.

Unfortunately, I don't have enough knowledge of the state of nl80211 to
rewrite the page.  But it needs to be improved.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin