Developing a New WiFi Daemon for Linux - Marcel Holtmann, Open Source Technology Center, Intel

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Channel: The Linux Foundation · 2017 · Science & Technology

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Developing a New WiFi Daemon for Linux - Marcel Holtmann, Open Source Technology Center, Intel

This presentation is about a new 802.11 wireless daemon for Linux. It is a lightweight daemon handling all aspects around WiFi support for Linux. It is designed with a tiny footprint for IoT use cases in mind. After its initial release last year, this provides the update on the progress and its integration into ConnMan and Network Manager.

About Marcel Holtmann
Marcel Holtmann is working at Intel's Open Source Technology Center. He is the maintainer of the BlueZ open source Bluetooth stack and has been working on Bluetooth technology since 2001. Marcel chairs the Bluetooth Internet Working Group and is a member of the Bluetooth Architectural Review Board.

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