Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:08:58 -0500 | From | James Ketrenos <> | Subject | [Announce] Update on ipw2100, ipw2200, and support for Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG |
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It's been a while since I've updated lkml and netdev on the progress of the ipw projects. Given the recent announcement by Intel for the introduction of Intel PRO/Wireless 2915 ABG Network Connection miniPCI adapter, I thought now was a good time...
First, thanks to everyone that has been contributing, using, testing, and reporting feedback for the projects described below. The support by folks in the community has been terrific -- the drivers wouldn't be anywhere near as feature rich and stable as they are today if not for the contributions of everyone.
The ipw2100 project (802.11b) has progressed very well. We are in the process of cleaning up the driver for submittal to netdev for eventual inclusion into the kernel. The driver currently supports wep, 802.1x, monitor mode, adhoc, infrastructure, etc. Suspend/resume isn't quite functioning yet, but we'll get there soon. This project is hosted at http://ipw2100.sf.net.
The ipw2200 project (802.11bg), which was launched back in May, is quickly catching up to the ipw2100 project in terms of functionality. It currently supports wep and 802.1x in infrastructure mode. Currently it will only associate at B data rates; hooking in the G capabilities is going on right now. We'll then tackle adhoc and remaining feature gaps. We had been planning on holding off submittal for kernel inclusion until we were feature complete. However, several folks have requested that we accelerate that plan and get it in sooner rather than later. To that end we're working to try and get it ready for submittal along with the ipw2100 project. This project is hosted at http://ipw2200.sf.net.
The ipw2100 and ipw2200 projects currently share the 802.11 frame handling stack for Tx/Rx and some management frame processing. That code has been pulled into its own module suite (ieee80211), based on work from the Host AP project. That code needs to be resync'd with the Host AP code (and vice versa where appropriate) so that then all of those drivers will be able to leverage a single wireless network stack.
Anyway, this brings me to announcing Linux support for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2915 ABG Network Connection adapter. As of next week, the ipw2200 project will also begin supporting the ABG adapter. From the driver's perspective, the only change between the two cards is the addition fo the A radio on the 2915. So, adding support for the ABG is just a matter of updating the firmware used by the ipw2200 project, adding PCI id's, and putting in support for A. That work will progress as we continue to bring full support for the ipw2200 project.
At some point in the near future we will rename the ipw2200 project to something more appropriate to identify it as supporting both the 2200 and 2915 adapters.
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