Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of Internal/Candidate80211dscape

Timestamp:

Apr 16, 2006, 3:08:29 AM (19 years ago)

Author:

ergin

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Internal/Candidate80211dscape

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 = Summary Info on Current Status for 802.11 Devicescape Stack =
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 == Devicescape Inc. Summary ==
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  * UWP supports Atheros (AR5213), Broadcom (BCM4306/4309/4320), Conexant radios.
 
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 == Architecture Diagram for Devicescape Inc. UWP ==
 
 [[Image(uwparchitecture.jpg)]]
 
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 == Summary on Linux 802.11 stack situation ==
 
+ * There exists a wireless-2.6 tree on [http://kernel.org http://kernel.org] maintained by John Linville. Upcoming in-kernel stack/drivers will be pushed upwards (to Linus) via this tree.
+ * There are two candidate stacks on the tree: 
+   * softmac stack: based on the current ieee80211 stack in the kernel with improvements+recent patches.
+   * devicescape (a.k.a dscape, or d80211) stack: is another stack written and recently GPL'ed by Devicescape Inc. 
+ * Although devicescape has some advantages in functionality (like full WPA support), softmac is likely to be merged into upstream due to some issues in stability, compatibility etc.
+ * Both stacks seem to stay under concurrent development (at least for a while)
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 == Functions Supported at d80211 stack ==
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+ * Obvious Functions : various send/receive, lower/higer layer interfaces etc.
+ * BSS join/scan
+ * 802.11e/WMM parameter set handling, and  packet->queue classification
+ * (De)authentication
+ * Encryption (wep, wpa, tkip/aes)
+ * IBSS create/find/join/merge
+ * Basic stat/info dump to /proc
+ * A simple rate control algorithm
+ * Interface for HostAPd
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+Devicescape stack is accessible from [http://kernel.org/git http://kernel.org/git] as a 'git project' named 'wireless-dev'.