August 2009
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Updates on VoodooWireless bugfix
As everyone probably knows, VoodooWireless is the major component which allows a hardware abstraction layer for a card to talk with OS X. This layer implements a nano-sized 802.11 (Wifi) stack and handles all Airport-related stuff. Few weeks ago I posted that this part was completed, and I’m trying to fix some bugs in it.
Today the bug with packet transmission was fixed (it was an...
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Out of town again
Hey guys, sorry for the lack of activity recently. I’m out of town these days. Progress update will come when there’s something worthwhile to report. 3945 target is still within this month I hope.
And two reminders —
I am not looking for any more beta testers!
I am not looking for a 3945 card because it is incompatible with my laptop!
Oh and one more thing: All the early...
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Thanks to all those who emailed
I now have enough interested testers. Even if you didn’t get a reply directly, if you’ve emailed me, you are added to the pool of testers. There are some who I have contacted directly, who are first in line to get any beta versions when required. If they disappear or are otherwise unable to test, others from the pool will be contacted.
Progress
As a test case I’ve ported the...
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VoodooWireless is now completed
Testing still remains, but the coding part is done.
Some statistics:
Lines of Code — Total: 2736, VoodooWireless only: 2200, VoodooWireless Ciphers only: 536 (WEP encryption only right now, decryption and WPA to be added later)
Time taken: 58 hr 45 min
Lines of code / hour = about 46
The API is basically finalized and I don’t envision any changes immediately, except of course...