[lwlan-announce] linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre18

[solomon at linux-wlan.com]

ftp://ftp.linux-wlan.org/pub/linux-wlan-ng/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre8.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.linux-wlan.org/pub/linux-wlan-ng/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre8.tar.bz2
ftp://ftp.linux-wlan.org/pub/linux-wlan-ng/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre8.tar.gz.asc
ftp://ftp.linux-wlan.org/pub/linux-wlan-ng/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre8.tar.bz2.asc

This release fixes a few build/script problems that were present in the 
last release.  It also brings to the plate a reworked rx path and 
substantial work on wireless extensions:

 - Highly experimental, horribly untested.  Using this code may cause 
   you to get SARS.
 - WRITEs are only enabled if you have a recent (2.4.19+) kernel, ie 
   for WIRELESS_EXT > 12
 - Ideally one would issue a 'iwconfig commit' to make the changes 
   stick, but setting the SSID will do the same for now.  Stupid 
   braindead distro scripts.
 - you need to enable a module parameter (wlan_wext_write=1), and doing 
   so will cause the linux-wlan-ng startup scripts to abort as soon as 
   the firmware is loaded.
 - You MUST tell your distro to not use hotplug to bring up the net 
   device (eg for redhat, HOTPLUG=no in the ifcfg-wlanX file), or it may 
   try to use the wext sets before the device is in a state to receive 
   them.  (especially true for SSF cards!)

Also, I know this release will not work on linux 2.2.  Does anyone care?  
I'm sorely tempted to strip out support for pre-2.4 kernels, and 
possibly even support for kernels older than 2.4.19.
 
Full changelog:

-pre18
  - Fix broken makefiles so that prism2dl and the rc script install
  - Get rid of the txfid lock, it's not necessary.
  - Tasklet-driven RX handlers.
  - Further work towards a Wireless Extension-enabled future.
    - SIWFRAG, SIWRETRY, SIWFREQ, SIWRTS implemented
    - SIWENCODE, SIWESSID taken from zdsta-1.0.3 (needs work)
    - SIWCOMMIT Implemented ala autojoin.
    - write support defaults to disabled, override via module parameter
  - fix a warning in the wireless extension code.
  - hfa384x.h header updates
  - Fix prism2dl to handle the S7 record being elsewhere in the image.
    (Pavel Roskin)
  - Fix up brown paper bag script error for SSF hardware.

 - Pizza
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Solomon Peachy                        solomon at linux-wlan.com
AbsoluteValue Systems                 http://www.linux-wlan.com
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