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* power is saved by having a specialized CPU perform the 802.11 processing;
* the chip vendor has tighter control of the MLME.
Popular example of FullMAC chips is the one implemented on the [Raspberry Pi|[Raspberry Pi 3]].
[[Linux kernel]]'s ''mac80211'' framework provides capabilities for SoftMAC devices and additional capabilities (such as mesh networking, which is known as the [[IEEE 802.11s]] standard) for devices with limited functionality.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/mac80211 |title=mac80211 documentation |work=[[kernel.org]]}}</ref><ref name="glossary-softmac"/>
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