N900 Hardware Wifi

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This is [http://maemo.org/api_refs/5.0/5.0-final/osso-wlan/files.html documented here].
This is [http://maemo.org/api_refs/5.0/5.0-final/osso-wlan/files.html documented here].
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This daemon is managed by [[N900 Software ICE|ICE]] to control the internet connectivity of the phone.
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This daemon is managed by [[Documentation/Maemo 5 Developer Guide/Using Connectivity Components/Maemo Connectivity#Internet Connectivity Daemon|ICd]] to control the internet connectivity of the phone. [[wl1251-cal]] may also be of interest.
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[[Category:N900 Hardware]]
[[Category:N900 Hardware]]
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[[Category:WiFi]]

Latest revision as of 13:44, 4 March 2011

[edit] Hardware

The N900 has a Texas Instruments WL1251 wireless card.

[edit] Software

The wireless card is controlled at the lowest level by the kernel module wl12xx. The daemon osso-wlan manages the wifi interface.

This is documented here. This daemon is managed by ICd to control the internet connectivity of the phone. wl1251-cal may also be of interest.