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Subject: Re: 2nd CFP -- Linux Wireless (802.11/Bluetooth/NFC) Mini-Summit
 2012 (Barcelona!)
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:04:30 +0200
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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