Return-Path: Message-ID: <1343073870.4584.24.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> Subject: Re: 2nd CFP -- Linux Wireless (802.11/Bluetooth/NFC) Mini-Summit 2012 (Barcelona!) From: Johannes Berg To: "John W. Linville" Cc: Marcel Holtmann , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org, alexander.smirnov@siemens.com, Sergey.Sobolev@siemens.com Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:04:30 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20120723192057.GE18589@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20120723_213359_482339_245FF7E8) References: <20120322192406.GB2432@tuxdriver.com> <1332698585.1870.88.camel@aeonflux> <20120326145433.GE13806@tuxdriver.com> <1332774906.1870.98.camel@aeonflux> <20120326152541.GH13806@tuxdriver.com> <20120427174439.GC16207@tuxdriver.com> <20120723192057.GE18589@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20120723_213359_482339_245FF7E8) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 List-ID: On Mon, 2012-07-23 at 15:20 -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > Not bad, but I'd like to see some more! Some ideas: > > -- "state of the union" for bluetooth, nfc, 802.11 > -- wireless mesh networking status updates > -- cfg80211/mac80211 feature previews (what's coming?) > -- standards bodies reports (802.11, 802.15.x) > -- important or unusual use cases (e.g. Freifunk, Internet of Things) > -- userland wireless management apps (NetworkManager, connman) > -- wireless-oriented (or wireless-specific) applications > -- issues with managing a wireless networking sub-tree > -- long-term support for legacy hardware (Intel? Atheros?) > -- driver projects without hardware vendor support? > -- staging driver migration? out-of-tree driver merging? > -- ??? I'd add -- state of P2P/Wi-Fi Direct application stack I'm not volunteering, though it could be pretty simple: "there's none" :-( Unless somebody knows more than I do? johannes