Wireless Extensions in Linux

• A standard was needed to manipulate the extra information associated with a wireless card

• Jean Torhilles is the author and maintainer of the Wireless Extensions for Linux.

  • .v12 in kernel 2.4.13
  • .v13 in kernel 2.5.6. Replaced ioctl with iw_handlers. Simplified development for wireless cards. Moved bounds checking into kernel space.