Very interesting, in case you guys don't read arch-general:
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Sujith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The new tool to interface with mac80211 based wireless drivers is 'iw' [1]. > It was started because WEXT (Wireless Extionsions) will be deprecated [2] and > 'iw' > will be the single tool to configure/manage wireless devices in linux. > > Currently, I see a PKGBUILD in AUR that is outdated and pointing to the wrong > source > as well. Though it is currently under heavy development [3] and doesn't > implement all the > commands that iwconfig supports, iw is where future development will be > focused on. > I think iw should be part of the core wireless tools in arch. > > Also, the new regulatory framework for wireless devices is CRDA, initial > patches have > already been merged into wireless-testing and the only way to choose a > regulatory domain > from userspace is using 'iw'. Which reminds me, CRDA has to be packaged too. > Briefly, > CRDA is a userspace database of regulatory domains and is invoked by the > kernel as and when > needed using udev. Development of CRDA happens on wireless.kernel.org. [4] > > Just wanted to update the arch developers with all the new wireless stuff > that's happening. > > [1] : http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw > [2] : > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/Wireless-Extensions > [3] : http://git.sipsolutions.net/?p=iw.git > [4] : http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory/CRDA > > Sujith > -- > http://sujith-m.blogspot.com >
