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    [PATCH] New wireless driver API part 2 · a31ea717
    Jean Tourrilhes authored
    	Quick summary : this patch build on the first part to offer
    two important new features :
    		o Wireless Events
    		o Wireless Cell Scanning
    	Wireless Events are events generated by device, driver or the
    wireless subsystem. It allows for example a device to notify user
    space when it register to a new cell (roaming) or loose contact with
    the current Access Points. Currently, the other defined events include
    some configuration changes and packet drop due to excessive retries,
    more may come in the future. All those events are useful for MobileIP,
    V-Handoff and Ad-Hoc routing.
    	Wireless Cell Scanning is a generic API to allow device/drive
    to report Wireless Cells discovered (including ESSID, frequency and
    QoS). This is similar to what is available in WindowsXP (except that
    it's compliant to Wireless Extensions).
    
    	This patch has been submitted for review on this list a couple
    of time in January, has been on my web page since and used intensively
    by other people. It was rediffed to 2.5.6. Driver patches have been
    submitted to maintainers.
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