From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754625AbYIQQVR (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:21:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753181AbYIQQVF (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:21:05 -0400 Received: from cluster-g.mailcontrol.com ([208.87.233.190]:41966 "EHLO cluster-g.mailcontrol.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752942AbYIQQVD (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:21:03 -0400 Message-ID: <48D12E3B.3030201@csr.com> Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:20:11 +0100 From: David Vrabel User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080724) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kernel development list CC: torvalds@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: New subsystems: Ultra-Wideband radio, Wireless USB and WiMedia LLC Protocol References: <48AD6AF0.3050504@csr.com> In-Reply-To: <48AD6AF0.3050504@csr.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Sep 2008 16:20:11.0695 (UTC) FILETIME=[425E3BF0:01C918E1] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org David Vrabel wrote: > I'm the maintainer of the Ultra-Wideband (UWB) radio, Certified Wireless > USB (WUSB) and WiMedia LLC Protocol (WLP) subsystems. These are now in > a state were I consider them suitable for inclusion into the kernel. > > UWB is a new high speed, short range radio technology (480 Mbit/s at 1 > m, 53.3 Mbit/s at 10 m). The specifications are freely available and > are managed by the WiMedia Alliance. For more information see > http://www.wimedia.org/. > > Various protocols run on top of the UWB radio: Certified Wireless USB > (WUSB); WiMedia LLC Protocol (WLP), for IP (etc) networks; and (in the > future) high speed Bluetooth. There is now a git tree for these subsystems. git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dvrabel/uwb.git You will want the 'for-upstream' branch. This should be finding its way into linux-next shortly. Linus, please advise on when a pull request for the 2.6.28 merge window should be made. e.g., should it be before the merge window opens or during the window? David -- David Vrabel, Senior Software Engineer, Drivers CSR, Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Tel: +44 (0)1223 692562 Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ http://www.csr.com/