From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:4735 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754396AbXGJPCX (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:02:23 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:56:15 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Dan Williams Cc: Javier Cardona , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, marcelo@kvack.org Subject: Re: libertas (private) ioctls vs. nl80211 Message-ID: <20070710145615.GB7927@tuxdriver.com> References: <1181757483.29767.99.camel@johannes.berg> <20070614170901.GA13384@infradead.org> <20070614103836.23b07a72.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070614181307.GA16856@infradead.org> <20070614190936.GA28917@tuxdriver.com> <445f43ac0707060840k34d9554cta9ff11cad314db76@mail.gmail.com> <1183738085.23402.2.camel@xo-13-A4-25.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1183738085.23402.2.camel@xo-13-A4-25.localdomain> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 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 -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com