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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