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Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 19:45:12 -0500
From: Bob Copeland <me@...copeland.com>
To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...il.com>
Cc: linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Amod Bodas <Amod.Bodas@...eros.com>,
Senthilkumar Balasubramanian
<Senthilkumar.Balasubramanian@...eros.com>,
Sree Durbha <Sree.Durbha@...eros.com>,
Deepak Dhamdhere <Deepak.Dhamdhere@...eros.com>,
Xin Jin <Xin.Jin@...eros.com>
Subject: Re: Support for Android for mac80211 / cfg80211 802.11 drivers
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...il.com> wrote:
> We get poked every now and then for Android support for mac80211 or
> cfg80211 drivers. Since the questions is quite common I figured It'd
> be good to document what needs to get done for this. Android folks,
> you listening?
>
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/Android
>
> If you already have worked on this or are going to please feel free to
> update the wiki so no one else re-invents the wheel.
I don't think it's good to advocate a custom driver. They should be able
to use stock wpa_supplicant w/ nl80211 and put the extensions in the
hardware layer.
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Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com
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