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--- acx [2007/08/01 17:30] – added driver status information darkaudax
+++ acx [2017/01/09 21:26] (current) – Mark page as deprecated. mister_x
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+====== DEPRECATED ======
+**IMPORTANT NOTE**: This page is deprecated, updated documentation can be found [[install_drivers|here]]
 ====== ACX100/ACX111  ======
+//Note: This page is about the older acx100/acx111 drivers. For the new mac80211-based driver, see [[acx1xx]].//
+===== WARNING!!! =====
+**There is legal controversy surrounding the development of this driver, see the wireless [[http://kerneltrap.org/comment/reply/6692|mailing list]] for more information. See [[http://acx100.sourceforge.net/wiki/History#Kernel_inclusion|kernel inclusion section]] for some background information on the previous attempt to include it in the mainline kernel.
+**
 ===== Driver Status  =====
-This is a short report about acx driver.  See [[http://tinyshell.be/aircrackng/forum/index.php?topic=2216.msg12412#msg12412|this thread]] for details.
+This is a short report about acx driver. See [[http://forum.aircrack-ng.org/index.php?topic=2216.msg12412#msg12412|this thread]] for details.
 There are 3 version of the driver:
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 The SoftMac version uses deprecated stack layer, it's not updated anymore.
-The mac80211 version is still in beta. It requires a kernel equal or greater than 2.6.18 (with mac80211 support).  It's still unstable and it makes system unstable. In the future it will be integrated in the kernel.
+The [[acx1xx|mac80211 version]] is still in beta. It requires a kernel equal or greater than 2.6.18 (with mac80211 support). Starting with 2.6.27, it will be integrated in the kernel.
-From kernel 2.6.23 forward, an injection patch is already integrated in the mac80211 stack in the kernel mainline.
+From kernel 2.6.23 forward, an injection patch is already integrated in the mac80211 stack in the kernel mainline. For fragmentation attack support, an additional patch is required. See the [[mac80211]] page for more details.
 All versions require a non-GPL firmware in /lib/firmware/, you can find it online.