Return-path: Received: from mail-ew0-f207.google.com ([209.85.219.207]:40295 "EHLO mail-ew0-f207.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753836AbZHTHWi (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:22:38 -0400 Received: by ewy3 with SMTP id 3so2664620ewy.18 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:22:38 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <43e72e890908200012x23b7773dvf215676726a514e5@mail.gmail.com> References: <43e72e890908200012x23b7773dvf215676726a514e5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:22:38 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Linux Kernel Wireless stack presentation From: Rami Rosen To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Luis, First, thanks for your quick response. > * Ditch iwconfig and refer to iw I do mention also iw; for example, in slide 70, slide 111. My impression is that both set of tools, wireless-tools and iw, will coexist for the next near future and maybe beyond. > * ath5k/ath9k do not have any firmware burned onto any "ROM", the > devices just do not require software, everything is done by the driver Thanks for the info! Regards, Rami Rosen On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Rami Rosen wrote: >> Folks, >> >> I am giving on Thursday next week a lecture about the Linux Kernel >> Wireless stack in a >> Linux User Group in Herzelia (Israel). >> >> The slides are available online now, so I thought some of you might >> be interested >> to take a look; the presentation is very detailed (over 110 pages). >> >> see: >> http://tuxology.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/wirelessLecHerzelinux.pdf > > A few comments: > > * Ditch iwconfig and refer to iw > * ath5k/ath9k do not have any firmware burned onto any "ROM", the > devices just do not require software, everything is done by the driver > > Luis >