<s>
HostAP	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
IEEE	O
802.11	O
device	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
since	O
November	O
2016	O
is	O
officially	O
obsolete	O
in	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
works	O
with	O
cards	O
using	O
the	O
Conexant	O
(	O
formerly	O
Intersil	O
)	O
Prism	B-Device
2/2.5/3	O
chipset	O
and	O
support	O
Host	O
AP	B-Device
mode	I-Device
,	O
which	O
allows	O
a	O
WLAN	B-Architecture
card	O
to	O
perform	O
all	O
the	O
functions	O
of	O
a	O
wireless	B-Device
access	I-Device
point	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
driver	O
code	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Jouni	B-Application
Malinen	I-Application
,	O
hired	O
by	O
Atheros	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
included	O
into	O
the	O
main	O
kernel	O
tree	O
in	O
Linux	B-Application
2.6.14	O
.	O
</s>
