rambo | # 71 | 2010-01-19, 05:58 | Report

Now I personally might be too lazy to dedicate time to complete the MobileHotspot if JoikuSpot comes to maemo (at reasonable price), but I fully understand people who would rather use free software (as in freedom, unit price is not the issue here).

jebba | # 72 | 2010-01-19, 10:52 | Report

Don't let some facebook post slow you down!

Cernunnos | # 73 | 2010-01-19, 10:55 | Report

Go Rambo, goo!!

rambo | # 74 | 2010-01-19, 17:08 | Report

Vaporware mockups are not the same as having the software actually usable. But the point of working on this is to have something with that implements the functionality (preferably in such way that others can enjoy it too), if XX does it better and the price is reasonable then I'm no longer pushed by the actual need of the functionality. Of couse hacking is fun in itself too...

qole | # 75 | 2010-01-19, 18:27 | Report

rambo:

joikuspot can't possibly "do it better" if they will just release closed-source software. If you build your open source solution, then other community members can help you make it more flexible and powerful.

I think you should first try the userland solution, but if that seems too limiting, then you should move on to the full kernel hack.

rambo | # 76 | 2010-01-19, 21:58 | Report

Doing it so that it "just works" for the clients connecting looks to be rather hard. If someone manages to package it into something I can call from python we're good, but I don't have the experise to develop such networking code in C "from scratch".

Anyways as soon as they fix the missing fiasco-gen I'll build PR1.1 hotspot kernel (either by tweaking the rules etc manually or by having had the time to write the script to do it for me [which would pave way for being able to build it in autobuilder)

Edit: actually they don't need to fix that even (though it would be needed for OTA flashable kernel, I think), change 6 lines in debian/rules and the kernel should build like the previous one.

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woodyear99 | # 77 | 2010-01-20, 02:03 | Report

Is mobile hotspot still being worked on?

rambo | # 78 | 2010-01-20, 05:45 | Report

Yes, but as slowly as usual.

soleil | # 79 | 2010-01-20, 06:03 | Report

Go go rambo go go

R-R | # 80 | 2010-01-20, 19:50 | Report

Maybe it'll be easier to figure out how to do it when Joikuspot is released and we can look a bit at how it's working...