On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Hin-Tak Leung <hintak.leung@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 2:18 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Till Kamppeter >> <till.kamppeter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have set up a page for project ideas for the Linux Foundation's >>> participation in the Google Summer of Code 2011: >>> >>> https://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/gsoc/google-summer-code-2011 >>> >>> Please add your ideas to the sub-page of your work group. If you have >>> problems mail me with your project idea. >> >> For 802.11 you can dump your ideas here: >> >> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/GSoC/2011/ >> >> ÂLuis > > Seeing as a few of the mac80211-based wireless drivers (for some of > the more dumb/basic/cheap devices) has gained access-point(AP)-mode > support code in the kernel recently in the last few months, it would > probably be appropriate to add (if it isn't already there) or enhance > access-point-mode support in some of the user-land tools like > NetworkManager, nm-applet, or wireless assistant? The dbus / supplicant stuff was done in GSoC 2009, see: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/GSoC/2009/Add_AP_Support_to_Network_Manager Patches were sent to Jouni and IIRC the dbus stuff was the last stuff being figured out. So IIRC this was just a matter of userspace catchup. If we need that then sure, Dan? Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
