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news:2009-12-03
December 3, 2009
2.6.32 has been released with 1020 patches touching wireless code.
Among the changes a few worth noting:
- lots of wl1251 fixes, support for the 1271 chip
- orinoco begins conversion to cfg80211
- b43 LP PHY support (BCM4312 devices)
- almost all mac80211 callbacks can now sleep (configure_filter was made able to)
- rndis_wlan uses cfg80211
- rtl8187 got rfkill switch support
- ath9k gets AR9287 support and a large number of enhancements
- wireless is now network namespace aware
- nl80211 testmode command for factory testing/calibration
- nl80211 reports BSS status
- cfg80211 gains the ability to connect to APs
- cfg80211 finally verifies that changing channel won't interfere with operation
- cfg80211 drivers now can also parse country IEs
- mac80211 no longer depends on wireless extensions
- mac80211 scanning is much improved
- mac80211 has a tracer now for driver interaction
- mac80211 no longer creates the master netdev wmaster0
- mac80211 dynamic power save default set to 100ms
- mac80211 Mesh enhancements and config IE updated to match 802.11s draft 3.02
- improvements and fixes for mac80211 resume
- improvements to mac80211's connection loss detection Quite a number of changes, and not small changes either – for example the ability for cfg80211 to emulate wireless extensions fully now or the LP PHY support in b43.
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