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TI's AM1808 launched with OpenLink Drivers!

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published by Oz Krakowski on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 15:22

The AM18x Sitara™ ARM® evaluation module is now bundled with the WiLink™ 6.0 (WL1271) combo connectivity solution and OpenLink™ open source drivers.

Check the video below out or go to http://www.ti.com/am1808-v for additional details.

Scheduled scan implementation in cfg80211/mac80211!

published by luca on Thu, 05/05/2011 - 11:49

The scheduled scan implementation has just been applied in the wireless-next tree, so it will probably be included in 2.6.40!

This is a very cool feature that the WL12XX hardware supports, which allows us to save power when scanning for APs to become available.  The hardware and firmware can perform scans periodically on their own, so the host processor doesn't have to wake up.  When an AP, it wakes up the host for processing.

OpenLink WLAN hacking workshop slideset uploaded

published by luca on Tue, 04/26/2011 - 14:08

The slides that we used to present the OpenLink WLAN hacking workshop at the ELC a couple of weeks ago have now been uploaded to the elinux.org wiki.

This is the URL to get the PDF file directly:  Openlink WLAN workshop slideset

Feel free to review the slides, follow the links and let us know if you have any questions or if anything went missing duirng the workshop ;)

Panda WLAN out-of-the-box with 2.6.39-rc3!

published by luca on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 13:45

Yes, the OpenLink WLAN driver works out-of-the-box on Pandaboard with the latest kernel releases!

For now, the only change that we need to make is to enable the wl12xx modules in the kernel configuration.  But I have just sent a patch to linux-omap, so in the near future, that will not be needed anymore.

If you want to use the latest upstream kernel with your Panda, you just need to use the default omap2plus kernel configuration and manually add the wl12xx driver:

Three happy winners of BeagleBoards with WL1271 daughter cards

published by luca on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 18:03

Thank you everyone who joined us in the first OpenLink WLAN workshop at the ELC in San Francisco, Apr-12th 2011. The workshop was a success! We got a good crowd of people interested in seeing the OpenLink WLAN driver (wl12xx) working live and putting their hads on it for the first time.  We actually exceeded the occupation capacity of the room, next time we need to have a bigger room and more setups so that everyone can participate.

OpenLink WLAN hacking workshop at ELC

published by luca on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 18:32

It's exciting! We're very close to the first OpenLink workshop and I'm just finalizing some SD cards that we will use.  If you are attending the Embedded Linux Conference 2011 in San Francisco, don't miss out your chance of getting a hands-on experience with the first wireless LAN chip supported by OpenLink, the WL1271!

First post - Launching an open source initiative

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published by Oz Krakowski on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 08:42

It has been a while since we first brought the idea to the table, but after lots of debates, some convincing work and a lot of team effort, I'm proud to say that OpenLink is ready to be announced to the world!