On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 03:05:26PM -0500, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 02:24:47PM -0500, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > <-- snip --> > > > As far as support for the new chipsets goes -- sorry -- we won't be able > > to support it as I don't think even Conexant has a final well tested > > linux source base ready for 2.6. And even if we are given a source base > > there is nothing we can do to get around the need for the closed-source > > softmac libs that it relies on. As much as I'd like to support it, I > > don't want to get a headache to support something I cannot modify so I > > won't be willing to support a half-opened driver as the atheros driver. > > I'd also like to add... > > For those of you frustrated about our current wireless driver situation > in open platforms -- > > I think we probably will have this trouble with most modern hardware for a > while > (graphics cards, wireless driver, etc). A lot of has to do with patent > infringement issues, "intellectual property" protection, and other > business-oriented excuses. > > What I think we probably will have to do is just work torwards seeing if > we can come up with our own open wireless hardware. I know there was > a recent thread on lkml about an open video card -- anyone know where > that ended up?
I got open hardware optical wireless, though it's not a card, just add-on to existing Ethernet: http://ronja.twibright.com Nevertheless it show how to use the free-software toolchain. Also see GNU Radio. http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuradio/doc/exploring-gnuradio.html CL< - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
