Tante buone notizie per noi utenti linuxiani! Ho dato una occhiata ai sorgenti del kernel Linux 2.6.24-rc4 (in fase di sviluppo), e sono andato a curiosare tra le opzioni… Risultato? Grazie al nuovo stack wifi abbiamo nel kernel i driver per le nostre schede! Guardare per credere (ho estrapolato le parti più importanti direttamente da make menuconfig):
[ ] Wireless LAN (pre-802.11)
[*] Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11)
Aviator/Raytheon 2.4MHz wireless support
Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection
[*] Enable promiscuous mode
Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection
[*] Enable promiscuous mode
-*- Enable radiotap format 802.11 raw packet support
[*] Enable creation of a RF radiotap promiscuous interface
[*] Enable QoS support
Marvell 8xxx Libertas WLAN driver support
Marvell Libertas 8388 USB 802.11b/g cards
Marvell Libertas 8385 CompactFlash 802.11b/g cards
Marvell Libertas 8385 and 8686 SDIO 802.11b/g cards
Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 ISA and PCI cards
Hermes chipset 802.11b support (Orinoco/Prism2/Symbol)
Hermes in PLX9052 based PCI adaptor support (Netgear MA301 etc.)
Hermes in TMD7160 based PCI adaptor support
Nortel emobility PCI adaptor support
Prism 2.5 PCI 802.11b adaptor support
Hermes PCMCIA card support
Symbol Spectrum24 Trilogy PCMCIA card support
Atmel at76c50x chipset 802.11b support
Atmel at76c506 PCI cards
Atmel at76c502/at76c504 PCMCIA cards
Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 PCMCIA cards
Planet WL3501 PCMCIA cards
Intersil Prism GT/Duette/Indigo PCI/Cardbus
USB ZD1201 based Wireless device support
Realtek 8187 USB support
ADMtek ADM8211 support
Softmac Prism54 support
Prism54 USB support
Prism54 PCI support
[*] Intel Wireless WiFi Link Drivers
[*] Enable Sensitivity Calibration in iwlwifi drivers
[*] Enable Spectrum Measurement in iwlwifi drivers
[*] Enable Wireless QoS in iwlwifi drivers
Intel Wireless WiFi 4965AGN
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection
IEEE 802.11 for Host AP (Prism2/2.5/3 and WEP/TKIP/CCMP)
Host AP driver for Prism2/2.5/3 in PLX9052 PCI adaptors
Host AP driver for Prism2.5 PCI adaptors
Host AP driver for Prism2/2.5/3 PC Cards
Broadcom BCM43xx wireless support
Broadcom 43xx wireless support (mac80211 stack)
[*] Broadcom 43xx PCMCIA device support (EXPERIMENTAL)
Broadcom 43xx-legacy wireless support (mac80211 stack)
ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B USB-wireless support
Ralink driver support
Ralink rt2400 pci/pcmcia support
Ralink rt2500 pci/pcmcia support
Ralink rt61 pci/pcmcia support
Ralink rt2500 usb support
Ralink rt73 usb support
Notare quante schede supportate out-of-the-box! E notare la modalità raw per schede come per le centrino che permette varie pratiche di cracking di reti wireless. Supportato tra l’altro il QoS per alcune schede.
I sorgenti li trovate su kernel.org, oppure direttamente da:
http://www.eu.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/linux-2.6.24-rc4.tar.bz2
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