Hello,
wanted to tell you that just released Nokia N900 is using mac80211 and
wl1251 driver. The kernel is 2.6.28 with few wireless related patches
backported from newer releases and some hacks related to roaming.
http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1337594
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Kalle Valo
Is this information officially published that N900 uses mac80211 with
kernel 2.6.28 ?
Thanks
- Paresh
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 7:22 PM, John W. Linville<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 02:55:31PM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> wanted to tell you that just released Nokia N900 is using mac80211 and
>> wl1251 driver. The kernel is 2.6.28 with few wireless related patches
>> backported from newer releases and some hacks related to roaming.
>>
>> http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1337594
>
> Hey, that is cool! ?Let's hope other manufacturers learn to embrace
> the open code in the kernel and abandon closed-source options that
> merely reimplement functionality that we already provide.
>
> Let's also hope that this continues to motivate Nokia to support you
> are your coworkers in making strong contributions to the kernel in
> wireless and other areas.
>
> Thanks!
>
> John
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On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 02:55:31PM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> wanted to tell you that just released Nokia N900 is using mac80211 and
> wl1251 driver. The kernel is 2.6.28 with few wireless related patches
> backported from newer releases and some hacks related to roaming.
>
> http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1337594
Hey, that is cool! Let's hope other manufacturers learn to embrace
the open code in the kernel and abandon closed-source options that
merely reimplement functionality that we already provide.
Let's also hope that this continues to motivate Nokia to support you
are your coworkers in making strong contributions to the kernel in
wireless and other areas.
Thanks!
John
--
John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you
[email protected] might be all we have. Be ready.
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Paresh Sawant<[email protected]> wrote:
> Is this information officially published that N900 uses mac80211 with
> kernel 2.6.28 ?
It seems to be officially unofficial.
Luis