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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-10-15 00:11:22 +0300 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-10-15 00:11:22 +0300 |
| commit | d4d24d2d0a7ea3b62efd7336bfc2344e29b36bc5 (patch) | |
| tree | 051eb75f8c5cfad65db8036d976c24a7fdc78325 /Documentation/80211/introduction.rst | |
| parent | ac9ef8cd075a1efee13036908a99a4bd5f9d4b8c (diff) | |
| parent | 819bf593767c0966f320c51c6ed3f3835062abc8 (diff) | |
| download | linux-d4d24d2d0a7ea3b62efd7336bfc2344e29b36bc5.tar.xz | |
Merge tag 'docs-4.9-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull one more documentation update from Jonathan Corbet:
"A single commit converting the mac80211 DocBook template over to
Sphinx. Only 32 more to go..."
* tag 'docs-4.9-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux:
docs-rst: sphinxify 802.11 documentation
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diff --git a/Documentation/80211/introduction.rst b/Documentation/80211/introduction.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4938fa87691c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/80211/introduction.rst @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +============ +Introduction +============ + +Explaining wireless 802.11 networking in the Linux kernel + +Copyright 2007-2009 Johannes Berg + +These books attempt to give a description of the various subsystems +that play a role in 802.11 wireless networking in Linux. Since these +books are for kernel developers they attempts to document the +structures and functions used in the kernel as well as giving a +higher-level overview. + +The reader is expected to be familiar with the 802.11 standard as +published by the IEEE in 802.11-2007 (or possibly later versions). +References to this standard will be given as "802.11-2007 8.1.5". |