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

Developer Documentation

This section adds documentation for Linux wireless developers.

Advances in Linux wireless

A lot of development effort has been underway with Linux wireless in the last couple of years.

Wireless-Extensions

Wireless-extensions is the first framework developed to add support for wireless devices on Linux.

  • Wireless-Extensions documentation

= mac80211 =

  • mac80211 documentation

cfg80211

The new driver configuration interface, together with nl80211 it is intended to replace Wireless-Extensions.

  • cfg80211 documentation

nl80211

The new userspace <–> kernelspace wireless communication transport.

  • nl80211 documentation

Glossary

All terms we may use in this wiki which developers should be familiar with.

  • Glossary

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