Wifi basics documents

Wifi basics documents

[Onteddu Slreddy]

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Hello All,


I recently joined this group the group.

Can anybody suggest me places where I can get Documents which will explain
wifi  Architecture in brief i would like to know details like

In Linux for embedded systems:
        What is the software architecture for wifi
        What are each folders in kernel/net and kernel/drivers/net refer to
        What is wpa_supplicant how to know which version I have to use
        How to get  familiar with words like nl802.11, mac802.11, wext,
copat-wireless, compatwireless-openmac
        If I have to add a new chip driver what are the checklist points i
have to see

My Quesitions may be basic kindly bare with me
If any body have self prepared documents that will be great help for me



Thanks & Regards

O S L Reddy
slreddy88@gmail.com

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Re: Wifi basics documents

[Arend van Spriel]

On 02/08/2013 07:55 AM, Onteddu Slreddy wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> 
> I recently joined this group the group.
> 
> Can anybody suggest me places where I can get Documents which will explain
> wifi  Architecture in brief i would like to know details like
> 
> In Linux for embedded systems:
>         What is the software architecture for wifi
>         What are each folders in kernel/net and kernel/drivers/net refer to
>         What is wpa_supplicant how to know which version I have to use
>         How to get  familiar with words like nl802.11, mac802.11, wext,
> copat-wireless, compatwireless-openmac
>         If I have to add a new chip driver what are the checklist points i
> have to see
> 
> My Quesitions may be basic kindly bare with me
> If any body have self prepared documents that will be great help for me

802.11 is a IEEE standard that is freely available for download.
Regarding Linux architecture and infrastructure there is a lot of
information to be found on wireless.kernel.org.

Regards,
Arend

Re: Wifi basics documents

[sl reddy]

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Hi


Thanks for reply i referred  that site (wireless.kernel.org) as you said
there is   lot of information
but i am bit confused in getting right information because i am not
interested much about hardware architecture as of now
I need clear picture of software architecture
but in the website there is lot of information so bit confused where to
start

any successions will be helpful for me


Thanks & Regards

O S L Reddy
slreddy88@gmail.com


On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com> wrote:

> On 02/08/2013 07:55 AM, Onteddu Slreddy wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> >
> > I recently joined this group the group.
> >
> > Can anybody suggest me places where I can get Documents which will
> explain
> > wifi  Architecture in brief i would like to know details like
> >
> > In Linux for embedded systems:
> >         What is the software architecture for wifi
> >         What are each folders in kernel/net and kernel/drivers/net refer
> to
> >         What is wpa_supplicant how to know which version I have to use
> >         How to get  familiar with words like nl802.11, mac802.11, wext,
> > copat-wireless, compatwireless-openmac
> >         If I have to add a new chip driver what are the checklist points
> i
> > have to see
> >
> > My Quesitions may be basic kindly bare with me
> > If any body have self prepared documents that will be great help for me
>
> 802.11 is a IEEE standard that is freely available for download.
> Regarding Linux architecture and infrastructure there is a lot of
> information to be found on wireless.kernel.org.
>
> Regards,
> Arend
>
>
>
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Re: Wifi basics documents

[Arend van Spriel]

On 02/08/2013 10:53 AM, sl reddy wrote:
> any successions will be helpful for me

My *suggestion* would be:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation

For what it is worth, below is some terrible ascii art.

Gr. AvS

Fullmac model:

                 user-space (libnl)
                  |
+----------+      v
| cfg80211 |------o nl80211 api
+----------+
     ^
     |
     v
+----------+
| fullmac  |------o netdev
| driver   |
+----------+

Softmac model:

                 user-space (libnl)
                  |
+----------+      v
| cfg80211 |------o nl80211 api
+----------+
     ^
     |
     v
+----------+
| mac80211 |------o netdev
+----------+
     ^
     |
     v
+----------+
| softmac  |
| driver   |
+----------+

Re: Wifi basics documents

[sl reddy]

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Thank you

I will start from here

Thanks & Regards

O S L Reddy
slreddy88@gmail.com


On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com> wrote:

> On 02/08/2013 10:53 AM, sl reddy wrote:
> > any successions will be helpful for me
>
> My *suggestion* would be:
>
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation
>
> For what it is worth, below is some terrible ascii art.
>
> Gr. AvS
>
> Fullmac model:
>
>                  user-space (libnl)
>                   |
> +----------+      v
> | cfg80211 |------o nl80211 api
> +----------+
>      ^
>      |
>      v
> +----------+
> | fullmac  |------o netdev
> | driver   |
> +----------+
>
> Softmac model:
>
>                  user-space (libnl)
>                   |
> +----------+      v
> | cfg80211 |------o nl80211 api
> +----------+
>      ^
>      |
>      v
> +----------+
> | mac80211 |------o netdev
> +----------+
>      ^
>      |
>      v
> +----------+
> | softmac  |
> | driver   |
> +----------+
>
>
>

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