Subject: Re: 802.11
To: None <tech-net@netbsd.org>
From: David Young <dyoung@ojctech.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 09/02/2002 20:02:06
Is bsd-wireless@lists.bawug.org not the right list for discussions of
an 802.11 stack?

Dave

On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 04:50:45PM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <20020827000446.T16306@dr-evil.shagadelic.org>
>             Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com> writes:
> :  > 	So far the CVS conflits have been trivial to resolve, (great minds
> :  > think alike?). However, I would like to coordinate with whomever is also
> :  > working on the ieee802.11-related code so that we don't hose or re-invent
> :  > each-other's work.
> : 
> : Send your patches in via send-pr ... I'll probably handle them.
> : 
> :  > 	Could y'all out there in 802.11-land please get in touch with me
> :  > via return email?
> : 
> : ...and feel free to send me email about this stuff :-)
> 
> I have a long term goal of seeing a merged (or at least mostly common)
> {Net,Free,Open}BSD 802.11 stack, similar to some of the items in
> onoe-san's list.  It would be good to have a common infrastructure
> that we can all leverage.  It would also be cool to have an effective
> daemon that could do more complex things than the standard says
> (filtering based on MAC address, doing different types of packet level
> encryption, 802.1x, and other experimental things).
> 
> It would also be good to have a common interface to set the output
> power of the cards (for those that support this).  Maybe there's
> enough interest to have a specific list on this.
> 
> Warner

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