On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> There are a handful of newer parts with either open or reverse >> engineered interfaces one could start from, but it's a >> non-trivial effort. > > I think we can assume that the interface spec for the Wifi chip > would be available from the manufacturer. I can't imagine a > vendor expecting to get a design win without providing specs > for the part in question.
ROFL - you obviously haven't been working on 802.11 for long. If you go back in the archives of the OpenBSD mailing lists, you will find a lot of info (and flamewars) about who is completely open, who is kinda open, and who is just stonewalling on wireless stuff (and that is mostly for x86 - it's worse for embedded!) By and large the attitude is that if you're not doing windows, not a cell phone or ipod maker, you'd darn well better have a zillion units or a zillion dollars for NRE or you're SOL as far as manufacturer support. -- Hardware, n.: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked. -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss
