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+ | ==== September 9, 2009 ==== | ||
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+ | With again almost 600 patches related to wireless, the new [[http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_31|2.6.31 kernel]] comes with many wireless changes: | ||
+ | * iwlwifi continues unification between 3945 and AGN hardware | ||
+ | * the often-discussed [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/32727|rfkill rewrite]], along with rfkill integration into cfg80211 | ||
+ | * [[en/users/Drivers/rndis_wlan|rndis_wlan]] starts using cfg80211 as the first full-MAC driver | ||
+ | * iwlwifi support for 3x3 802.11n hardware | ||
+ | * cfg80211 now handles connecting to an ad-hoc network (including wext support) | ||
+ | * initial support for rt2800usb, but still experimental | ||
+ | * a new wl12xx driver for the TI 1251 B/G chip | ||
+ | * ath5k has enabled AP mode | ||
+ | * the hwsim driver can now separate its virtual radios into groups to allow testing mesh topologies | ||
+ | * there's a new driver for new Intel integrated full-MAC hardware, also using cfg80211 |