From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750815AbVL2Qmi (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:42:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750822AbVL2QlN (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:41:13 -0500 Received: from mail.dvmed.net ([216.237.124.58]:23264 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750821AbVL2QlE (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:41:04 -0500 Message-ID: <43B41193.1070407@pobox.com> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:40:51 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: York Liu CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Netdev List Subject: Re: [Announce] Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG 802.11b/g Access Point Project References: <2871.172.28.120.79.1135842580.squirrel@172.28.120.79> In-Reply-To: <2871.172.28.120.79.1135842580.squirrel@172.28.120.79> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.1 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "srv2.dvmed.net", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: York Liu wrote: > Intel is pleased to announce the launch of an open source project to > extend the current Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Driver project (IPW2200) to > support Master (Access Point) mode. The project site is up and in the > coming weeks you can expect initial source to become available providing > the limited access point functionality. This will be a point release, and > the code is intended to be used as it however any bug fixes and patches > are welcome. [...] Content analysis details: (0.1 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [69.134.188.146 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org York Liu wrote: > Intel is pleased to announce the launch of an open source project to > extend the current Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Driver project (IPW2200) to > support Master (Access Point) mode. The project site is up and in the > coming weeks you can expect initial source to become available providing > the limited access point functionality. This will be a point release, and > the code is intended to be used as it however any bug fixes and patches > are welcome. Will this code be a series of patches against the upstream kernel? Will this code use the existing HostAP + ieee80211 code as a starting point? What sort of discussion has occurred with the other wireless developers, such as those on netdev@vger.kernel.org list? Jeff