as 2.6.28 is unreleased, this page is WIP
Some Month and Day, 2008
The 2.6.28 kernel is released. (so far) About 330 patches related to wireless have been merged and once again this release brings a slew of new wireless features to the kernel:
regulatory support – the kernel will now attempt to obey local wireless spectrum regulations
libertas_tf – a thin firmware driver for the XO-1's wireless
ath5k gains mesh networking
the full-mac orinoco driver gains WPA support
p54 gains 5 GHz support
- mac80211 got mesh portal functionality (bridging a mesh mode interface)
the minstrel rate control algorithm was added along with rate control API improvements
- nl80211 userspace API improvements for various things
As usual, some drivers and mac80211 received cleanups and API changes:
- Some mac80211 driver operations are no longer required to be atomic which makes drivers simpler
- mac80211 code was restructured to be easier to read
- more station information is shared with the driver
- the rate control API was rewritten and made available to outside mac80211