From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from bay0-omc3-s28.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.228]:55161 "EHLO bay0-omc3-s28.bay0.hotmail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755203AbXHQLtR (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:49:17 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1187345926.23489.151.camel@johannes.berg> From: "maali Al Janoob" To: johannes@sipsolutions.net, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: question for developers (help plzz!!) Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:49:16 +0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Thank you so much for the reply. My advisor is not very convinced with this answer, and says that there must be somewhere a linux driver that has an open source firmware for protocol development purposes, or a driver that implements everything in software. So, firstly, can I please ask you for some references affirming your answer that I can include in my research? and secondly, are you aware of any attempt in the open source firmware direction? Assuming that there is no way I can access the backoff algorithm in any of the commercial wireless cards, what would be the solution to my case then? I need to modify the backoff algorithm for my masters thesis, and if this is not possible with any card, what should I do?! Thank you >From: Johannes Berg >To: maali Al Janoob >CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org >Subject: Re: question for developers (help plzz!!) >Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:18:46 +0200 > >On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 00:54 +0400, maali Al Janoob wrote: > > > I came to know thorugh this mailing list that those two chipsets might >not > > require a firmware, and that gave me hope in finding all the 802.11 > > functionalities in the open source driver codes, > >Heh. No, that most likely just means that the stuff was in hardware or >the firmware is on a ROM. > > > Aside from this, if any one is aware of any chipset that implements ALL > > 802.11 funcitonalities in open source software, please save me with it. > >Nope. I don't think there's one, it just doesn't make sense to implement >the backoff algorithm in software because it's too timing sensitive. > >johannes ><< signature.asc >> _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/