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From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 15:52:10 -0700
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Subject: Re: [Announce] Intel Wireless Multicomm 3200 WiFi driver
To: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>
Cc: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>,
	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@bombadil.infradead.org>,
	"linville@tuxdriver.com" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
	"linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
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On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-05-31 at 20:10 +0800, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
>> This is a fullmac driver, thus if I understand correctly, it behaves
>> on the outside more like an Ethernet adapter.
>
> Depends on how you define "outside". From the user point of view: yes;
> from the firmware point of view: no. Take a look at the new functions
> ieee80211_data_{from|to}_8023 in cfg80211 and their usage in
> iwmc3200wifi.
>
>> This will mean that many things possible with normal softmac card
>> won't be possible, like sending raw packets, etc...
>
> See above.
>
>> (and besides I belive that hardware is more or less the same,
>
> The hardware is different as we mentioned it is a multicomm device.

What does this mean BTW. 802.11 + Wimax?

  Luis