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Kernel wireless maintainer John Linville outlined the past, present, and future of the Linux wireless stack on the first day of this year's Ottawa Linux Symposium. In his presentation, he ranged from early efforts, which were "a sore spot for Linux" to the future where it is likely that Linux will have support for some features before "that other OS". Along the way, he looked at various issues that wireless support in Linux faces, including vendor participation, suspend and resume, and regulatory issues.

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