March 23, 2009

Linux 2.6.29 is released. With almost 600 commits, wireless keeps moving. New features:

• We now support access point functionality with selected drivers

• minstrel is the default rate control algorithm

• dynamic powersave support for some drivers

• HT capabilities of the local hardware are now visible in iw

• mesh parameters can now be configured

And a number of fixes, notably:

• short slot handling is now working properly
• HT/11n code revamped
• new, much cleaner, rate control API
• when auth/assoc times out, notify userspace to allow it to react faster

As always, a large number of driver changes were made too.