On 2/14/07, Daniel Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hillier, Gernot wrote: > > If there's nothing available yet: is this a huge task or something which a > > more-or-less-kernel-newbie with an absolute lack of WLAN knowledge could dig > > into in a reasonable time frame? Any pointers? > > Up until recently, the biggest thing holding this functionality back has > been that the stack (ieee80211 & softmac) does not support ad-hoc mode. > Implementing support here is a relatively large thing. > > However, Michael Wu has now ported the driver to the devicescape d80211 > stack, which has stack-level support for ad-hoc, master mode, etc. The > next step is to add the required code to the d80211 port of zd1211rw to > support this, and this isn't really a big job because the code in the > vendor driver can be examined. > > The d80211 stack (and zd1211rw port) is being kept in wireless-dev.git > on kernel.org for inclusion in mainline Linux sometime in the next few > months.
Ralink developers have set up a CVS directory for their dscape driver that contains the driver and the dscape stack. It allows the driver to be build and tested on the main-line kernel which makes it easier for more people to try. Just a temporary thing until dscape gets merged. It's the rt2x00 directory of their CVS tree. The model might make it easier for people to help out with ad hoc support on zd1211. > > Daniel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.ath.cx/ > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs > -- Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.ath.cx/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
