From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [Announce] Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG 802.11b/g Access Point Project Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:40:51 -0500 Message-ID: <43B41193.1070407@pobox.com> References: <2871.172.28.120.79.1135842580.squirrel@172.28.120.79> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Netdev List Return-path: To: York Liu In-Reply-To: <2871.172.28.120.79.1135842580.squirrel@172.28.120.79> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.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