Re: libertas (private) ioctls vs. nl80211

["John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>]

On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 12:08:05PM -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 08:40 -0700, Javier Cardona wrote:
> > John,
> > 
> > On 6/14/07, John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> wrote:
> > > I'm not aware of any project working on wireless mesh in mac80211 at
> > > the moment, serious or otherwise.  I think one would be worthwhile,
> > > but I don't know of anyone working on it.
> > 
> > We (cozybit Inc.) are working on an open implementation of 802.11s for
> > Linux, based on mac80211.  We implemented an early draft
> > implementation of 802.11s for the Marvell wireless interface used on
> > the One Laptop Per Child.  That implementation was done entirely in
> > firmware to take advantage of the unique capabilities of Marvell's
> > wireless device:  the system-on-chip wireless module enables the
> > laptop to act as a low-power, fully functional mesh point even when
> > the main CPU is off.
> > 
> > Our next goal is to do a reference implementation of the latest
> > 802.11s draft on Linux.  The hope is that it will help to achieve
> > early interoperability and convergence of the standard.  We are
> > seeking sponsors for the project.  So far Nortel has expressed strong
> > interest.
> 
> Rock on.  If we can achieve convergence between the API that libertas
> +mesh and the mac80211+mesh use, then we should both use the same
> cfg80211/nl80211 interface for both.

ACK.  This is definitely good news.  I am eager to see your patches.
Let me know if I can somehow be helpful in your help for project
sponsorship.

John
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John W. Linville
linville@tuxdriver.com