Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] alix2 target in trunk
On 10/21/11 3:01 PM, Adam Gensler wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a question on the updated alix2 target in trunk. It's great to see the > alix platform getting some updates in trunk. However, I noticed the default > inclusion of the ath5k and ath9k drivers. Alix boards don't come with > wireless built in. While it is true that you can add wireless to it, some > people do not, myself included. Most of the rest of the included drivers seem > to be foundational alix2 platform pieces. Technically the ath5k and ath9k > drivers aren't part of the base platform. > > The packages (kernel modules I guess), in question are: > > kmod-cfg80211 > kmod-mac80211 > kmod-ath > kmod-ath5k > kmod-ath9k > hostapd > > I think it would be better to not include these by default. Presumably if > someone is selecting the alix2 target form menuconfig they are already > building them own image and can easily select them manually? If someone > downloads a prebuilt image from openwrt.com they could always manually > include the ath5k or ath9k drivers as necessary afterwards. > > Thoughts? > > Adam We're talking about a platform with 256MB or 512MB of DRAM and a minimum of 1GB of CF. If anything, I think I'd argue for including all of the Wifi drivers that come with miniPCI and miniPCI-e (USB 2.0) versions, since this is the OpenWRT (as in Wireless Router) distro... Worst case, someone can uninstall the drivers if they don't want them. -Philip ___ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] alix2 target in trunk
> "Adam" == Adam Gensler writes: Adam> Hi all, I have a question on the updated alix2 target in Adam> trunk. It's great to see the alix platform getting some updates Adam> in trunk. However, I noticed the default inclusion of the ath5k Adam> and ath9k drivers. Alix boards don't come with wireless built Adam> in. While it is true that you can add wireless to it, some Adam> people do not, myself included. Most of the rest of the included Adam> drivers seem to be foundational alix2 platform Adam> pieces. Technically the ath5k and ath9k drivers aren't part of Adam> the base platform. Adam> The packages (kernel modules I guess), in question are: Adam> kmod-cfg80211 kmod-mac80211 kmod-ath kmod-ath5k kmod-ath9k Adam> hostapd Adam> I think it would be better to not include these by Adam> default. Presumably if someone is selecting the alix2 target Adam> form menuconfig they are already building them own image and can Adam> easily select them manually? If someone downloads a prebuilt Adam> image from openwrt.com they could always manually include the Adam> ath5k or ath9k drivers as necessary afterwards. Adam> Thoughts? +1 -- Russell Senior, President russ...@personaltelco.net ___ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
[OpenWrt-Devel] alix2 target in trunk
Hi all, I have a question on the updated alix2 target in trunk. It's great to see the alix platform getting some updates in trunk. However, I noticed the default inclusion of the ath5k and ath9k drivers. Alix boards don't come with wireless built in. While it is true that you can add wireless to it, some people do not, myself included. Most of the rest of the included drivers seem to be foundational alix2 platform pieces. Technically the ath5k and ath9k drivers aren't part of the base platform. The packages (kernel modules I guess), in question are: kmod-cfg80211 kmod-mac80211 kmod-ath kmod-ath5k kmod-ath9k hostapd I think it would be better to not include these by default. Presumably if someone is selecting the alix2 target form menuconfig they are already building them own image and can easily select them manually? If someone downloads a prebuilt image from openwrt.com they could always manually include the ath5k or ath9k drivers as necessary afterwards. Thoughts? Adam ___ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
