Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752845Ab0BYHLJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:11:09 -0500 Received: from 1wt.eu ([62.212.114.60]:57642 "EHLO 1wt.eu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752662Ab0BYHLI (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:11:08 -0500 Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:11:04 +0100 From: Willy Tarreau To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: Jaswinder Singh Rajput , linux-wireless , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 802.11 development process - extended documentation Message-ID: <20100225071104.GA20914@1wt.eu> References: <43e72e891002241618w10d5c45ar9303f074d0228217@mail.gmail.com> <3f9a31f41002242053r169255d2hf2585aeb55174a92@mail.gmail.com> <43e72e891002242119u77fdfd30m2d17a1e48fe2e712@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43e72e891002242119u77fdfd30m2d17a1e48fe2e712@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 743 Lines: 19 On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 09:19:41PM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > What is the status of Wireless in Linux 2.4 > > Heh, umm, I have no clue. Dead? It could be considered like this given the pace at which Wireless evolves around. Basically, if you have a WiFi NIC which works in 2.4, there is no reason for it to break tomorrow. However if yours is not supported, don't hope to see it added later. Some exotic drivers may sometimes be found in embedded distros such as OpenWrt though. Willy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/