Am Do 29. Mai 2008 schrieb Michael Shiloh: > > Alexey Feldgendler wrote: > > On Thu, 29 May 2008 08:59:10 +0200, Andy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> We're helpless unless Atheros decided to implement Master mode in their > >> closed firmware. Unfortunately the power advantages of having the bulk > >> of the ieee80211 actions managed in the firmware are pretty compelling > >> so I don't know how we get out of that bind. > > > > The very knowledge that we can't do something that the hardware would > > technically be capable of is annoying, > > Strongly agree. In some cases this was a result of the agreement we were > able to reach with the chip manufacturer in order to open source the > driver. We don't view this as a perfect solution, but rather a good > start. Hopefully in the future the success of Openmoko will encourage > chip manufacturers to become more open. > > > > but I don't really see why we would need to implement a true AP in the phone. > > Strongly disagree. Innovation is stifled whenever choices are limited > simply because we can't think of why someone would want to make that > choice. We should always strive to make such choices available. > > > > > For any reasonable use > > case I can think of, ad-hoc mode should be enough. The only usability > > advantage of being an AP would be that it can send beacon packets that > > allow other devices to detect an available network, but sending beacon > > would be a battery drain anyway. > > Assuming the use case made sense, the Freerunner could be powered > externally. > > Michael
Not if you don't find a "3 word slogan" to sell this feature to your granny. SCNR, still got a "no Joerg!" trauma ;-) /j
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