Return-path: Received: from mail-qy0-f181.google.com ([209.85.216.181]:42357 "EHLO mail-qy0-f181.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753900Ab1AVChv convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:37:51 -0500 Received: by qyk12 with SMTP id 12so2607127qyk.19 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:37:50 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <1295654809-5790-1-git-send-email-wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> <1295654809-5790-5-git-send-email-wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor_Stefanik?= Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 03:37:30 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [ipw3945-devel] [PATCH 04/14] iwlagn: 2000 series devices support To: Daniel Halperin Cc: Wey-Yi Guy , linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2011/1/22 G?bor Stefanik : > 2011/1/22 Daniel Halperin : >> 2011/1/21 G?bor Stefanik : >>> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Wey-Yi Guy wrote: >>>> From: Wey-Yi Guy >>>> >>>> Adding 2000 series devices supports, the 2000 series devices has >>>> many different SKUs which includes 1x1 and 2x2 devices,also with >>> >>> Is it just me, or is Intel really abandoning 3-stream 802.11n technology? >> >> It's just you. ?They released the 6300 not that long ago! ?But think >> about the market, how many 3-stream APs can you buy today? > > Well, there is the Airport Extreme, the D-Link DIR-665 (with a > Marvell-chipped mini-PCI card inside), and also an offering from my bad... mini-PCIE. > Senao. > >> Atheros >> still doesn't even have a 3-stream NIC end users can buy (though some >> companies are getting close!), but Intel's had one for nearly 3 years. >> >> There's a lot more room in the market at the low end, and that's where >> it makes sense to put your efforts towards product diversity. >> Manufacturers are looking for chips for printers, phones, netbooks, >> tiny laptops, etc., why would they pay for the silicon for extra >> processing and the design constraints(!) for extra antennas when it's >> not going to get used? ?Heck, a lot of these APs (see, e.g., Apple's >> airport express) only come with 100 Mbps wired ports! >> >> Dan >> > > The problem is that what I currently see is that Intel is updating the > basic 2x2 half-mini offering (true, they are also releasing Bluetooth > combos and other new devices, but AFAIK one of the "g2" devices is > exactly the same feature-wise as the Centrino 6200), while the 6300 > has not received any update ("released not that long ago"? AFAIK it's > been a year at least since it came out), and the 6350 was cancelled > before release, leaving 5350 without a successor. > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-)