Intel would like to announce the 1.3 release of the Linux WiMAX common stack and drivers for its WiMAX devices (eg: Intel(r) WiMAX/WiFi Link 5x50). You can find the code and additional information at http://linuxwimax.org. This is a maintenance release; the high level changes from release 1.2.5 to 1.3 are: * WiMAX network service: - Source tree re-structured: Removed redundant subfolders, renamed others and reorganize structure for clarity - Executable names and configuration folder locations: daemon is now called wimaxd (from wimax_appsrvd); paths also move from wimax_appsrv to wimaxd (eg: /etc/wimax, /usr/share/wimax, etc). - WiMAX Network Service now builds and installs using automake. - Miscellaneous bug fixes (see below for details). * WiMAX kernel stack and drivers: - Miscellaneous bugs and race conditions fixes - fix the "netlink: X bytes leftover after parsing attributes." (requires user space protocol change) - Power management: USB autosuspend and base-station idle mode implemented. - Reimplement the USB TX and RX paths so they happen in a thread; simplifies the implementation and allows for autosuspend to be active even when the device has been opened. - Support for SDIO interfaces enabled. Minor changes in the generic driver infrastructure to better fit differentr bus-glue code. - Use the new, IANA-approved ARPHRD_PUREIP hardware type. Requires changes in the DHCP client (patches available in the package and at the http://linuxwimax.org site). Details: Changes from release 1.2.5 to 1.3.3 are: * WiMAX Network Service:* 1. Source tree re-structured - Number of redundant subfolders (Source/Header/Include) have been removed. - Some of the folder have been renamed. Handlers/PipeaHandler -> messaging Common/Services -> Services AppSrv -> wimaxd AppSrv/L5Dispatcher -> dispatcher Subfolders under IPCs/Sockets have been consolidated L4Common/L4Bufman -> consolidated into device_dep WimaxUtility -> wimaxcu - Some folders and files have been moved to better align with modules they belong to. OSAL --> Services/osal Following files under Common/ have been moved to messaging - EventLogger.c|h - IndicatorsSubscribers.c|h - Messenger.c|h - WrappersCommon.c|h - WrappersUtils.c|h - TraceAgent.* have been moved from AppSrv/Agents/Trace 2. Executable names and configuration folder locations - The WiMAX Network Service daemon is now named as wimaxd (from wimax_appsrv) - Various configuration and library folders used by the wimaxd daemon have been changed /etc/wimax_appsrv --> /etc/wimax /usr/local/lib/wimax_appsrv --> /usr/local/lib/wimax /var/log/wimax_appsrv --> /var/log/wimax 3. Automake build system - WiMAX Network Service now builds and installs using automake. 4. List of bugs/issues fixed: 1. Scan list not getting cleared on changing the scan mode from semi-manual to manual. 2. State continues being reported as connected after a connection has dropped. 3. Enabling HW/SW RF kill does not clear scan list. 4. wimaxd crashes upon enabling HW RF kill after device is moved to OOZ from a connected state. 5. Scan list not getting cleared when no network is available. 6. Mis-leading CINR,RSSI figure when signal quality changes and/or device is moved to OOZ. 7. Doing a wide scan de-stablizes the firmware and wimaxd daemon. 8. Connect/link status and statistics not reported correctly when device is in idle state. 9. Changed cmd-line option to "update" for doing upgrades 10. User consent is always sought prior to downloading or installing an update. 11. Miscellanous segmentation faults. 12. Un-intuitive error message when executed by un-privileged user. 13. Improved cmd-line argument parsing. 14. Better error reporting when HW RF is turned off during either connection or scan process. -- Inaky
