Subject: Re: NetBSD support for TKIP (aka WPA) and/or 802.11i?
To: David Young <dyoung@pobox.com>
From: Pavel Cahyna <pavel.cahyna@st.cuni.cz>
List: tech-net
Date: 10/28/2004 21:49:02
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:43:30 +0000, David Young wrote:
> I cannot think of a single barrier to supporting wireless drivers in
> NetBSD. One just has to commit a lot of time to it. I don't have large
> chunks of time to commit to 802.11 drivers like I used to. I am happy
> to provide technical support for anyone who would take on these projects:
>
> * finish rtw (it seems likely that OpenBSD will have this driver
> before we do)
> * eliminate the delay loops and race condition in wi
> * add a USB attachment for wi
> * port pff (Prism 54)
> * add ADM8211B support (ADM8211 has AP capability) to atw
> * port TKIP/WPA/... support to NetBSD
> * add a roaming facility to NetBSD (a daemon and some
> kernel support)
What about transmit power control? :-)
BTW I'm interested in those race conditions in wi. What race conditions
can be found there?
Bye Pavel