-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 13:54 +0100, arne anka wrote: |>> improved in andy-tracking. If it's due to firmware trouble, probably |>> this will never be fixed due to Atheros closed firmware policies. |> wasn't there recently a release of an completely open atheros driver? |>> http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/MadWifi-HAL-now-open-source--/112113 |> or did that not apply to the chip used in the fr? | | There are working drivers for ath5k and ath9k, but the Neo has an | ath6k ...
Yes the main difference is that the AR6001 in GTA02 is what's called a "fullmac" device, it means that it has an 80211 stack in the firmware of the device that can run autonomously. That's in contrast to the other devices which use a "softmac" 80211 stack in Linux. The advantage is that it can run autonomously somewhat even with Linux down, the disadvantage is we are entirely at the mercy of the not-really-updateable closed firmware for a very wide range of operations. - -Andy -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkk3164ACgkQOjLpvpq7dMpeMQCaAqluqq4S+c4xiveBgVVMTfvt 5AUAn2cBOrC3CGtoxYsEFU9kPZsJpUPK =VO5V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community