Almost a year ago (11 months), the developer of Miracleclast, which implements Miracast [1] support for Linux, wrote:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2015-February/458142.html On 02.02.2015 19:58, David Herrmann wrote: >* [snip] *>* As people continuously ask me about this, I'll just try to answer it *>* on the public ML: *> >* To make Miracast work, we need access to a Wifi P2P API. The kernel *>* implements Wifi P2P and wpa_supplicant provides access to it via it's *>* ctrl-interface (and I think recently even gained a dbus API). In *>* MiracleCast I wrote a miracle-wifid daemon that wraps wpa_supplicant *>* and provides P2P to MircaleCast. However, this does not work well in *>* parallel to NetworkManager/wicd/connman/... running. You really cannot *> * run wpa_supplicant multiple times on the same interface. but the key is this:*>* **HENCE MiracleCast development is currently stalled until the different *> * network-managers provide a P2P API*** The NetworkManager devs must have had then 11 months from this message to implement what was needed for Miraclecast to work. *Now, on CES2016 Dell has announced its monitors with MiracleCast support built-in [2]* *so there's not even a need to buy a $18 AnyCast HDMI dongle [3] anymore and meaning that Anycast is here to stay and will become evermore important...* *Given all this, ARE WE THERE YET? has been NetworkManager been fixed to make MiracleCast a* *first-class citizen on Fedora Linux?. Any plans to add MiracleCast to the distro? * *Is anyone even thinking about these issues? why not?* *My Windows 8.1 tablet handles Miracast displays seamlessly, I just go to the windows settings -> display and an option appears dubbed "connect to wireless display". 10 seconds later mi main display is mirrored on the big screen TV. Lovely.* *Now re-reading the above thread and seeing what a mess this is in Linux, it really makes my blood boil, because things shouldn't be like this.* *Is there hope? please tell me there's already someone working on this...* *FC* *[1] Miracast definition (wikipedia)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracast <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracast>* *[2] *Dell Miracast Wireless Monitors Unveiled At CES 2016 *http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/dell-miracast-wireless-monitors-unveiled-at-ces-2016-07-01-2016/ <http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/dell-miracast-wireless-monitors-unveiled-at-ces-2016-07-01-2016/>[3] * *AnyCast M2 Plus Mini Wi-Fi Display TV Dongle Receiver 1080P - $19http://goo.gl/uxaf65 <http://goo.gl/uxaf65>* -- During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act - George Orwell
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