NOTE: this page is for archival only, see the note at the end of the page.

March 23, 2009

Linux 2.6.29 is released. With almost 600 commits, wireless keeps moving. New features:

  • We now support access point functionality with selected drivers

  • minstrel is the default rate control algorithm

  • dynamic powersave support for some drivers

  • HT capabilities of the local hardware are now visible in iw

  • mesh parameters can now be configured

And a number of fixes, notably:

  • short slot handling is now working properly
  • HT/11n code revamped
  • new, much cleaner, rate control API
  • when auth/assoc times out, notify userspace to allow it to react faster

As always, a large number of driver changes were made too.

This is a static dump of the old wiki, taken after locking it in January 2015. The new wiki is at https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/.
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