Excellent synopsis of how 2.6.31 should look...
"Linux 2.6.31 will be IEEE 802.15.4 capable and will include a new Wi-Fi driver for Intel chips. Developers have also added support for recent Ralink Wi-Fi components and revamped the Rfkill framework. The Wi-fi stack and drivers are now better able to use newer power saving technologies.
"With the release of the first pre-release version of Linux 2.6.31, the kernel hackers last week brought the merge window to a close, heralding an end to the adoption of major changes in the main development line of the next kernel version. Kernel hackers generally restrict themselves to introducing minor changes only into the main development tree during the second phase of the development cycle, so as to fix as many existing bugs as possible and avoid introducing new ones." [Read More at The H]
