* wireless drivers that doesn't require firmware
@ 2007-08-13 22:04 maali Al Janoob
2007-08-14 4:21 ` Michael Wu
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From: maali Al Janoob @ 2007-08-13 22:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-wireless
Do you know any linux wireless drivers that implements all 802.11 related
functionalities in software and doesn't require a firmware? The only one
that I know is madwifi, do you know others?
Thank you
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* Re: wireless drivers that doesn't require firmware
2007-08-13 22:04 wireless drivers that doesn't require firmware maali Al Janoob
@ 2007-08-14 4:21 ` Michael Wu
2007-08-14 6:20 ` Luis Correia
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From: Michael Wu @ 2007-08-14 4:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: maali Al Janoob; +Cc: linux-wireless
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On Monday 13 August 2007 15:04, maali Al Janoob wrote:
> Do you know any linux wireless drivers that implements all 802.11 related
> functionalities in software and doesn't require a firmware? The only one
> that I know is madwifi, do you know others?
>
All Realtek chips - rtl8180, rtl8185, rtl8187.
All ADMtek ADM8211 chips (but they're not made anymore)
Some Ralink chips, IIRC. Don't know which ones.
-Michael Wu
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* Re: wireless drivers that doesn't require firmware
2007-08-14 4:21 ` Michael Wu
@ 2007-08-14 6:20 ` Luis Correia
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From: Luis Correia @ 2007-08-14 6:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Wu; +Cc: maali Al Janoob, linux-wireless
Hi!
On 8/14/07, Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net> wrote:
> On Monday 13 August 2007 15:04, maali Al Janoob wrote:
> > Do you know any linux wireless drivers that implements all 802.11 related
> > functionalities in software and doesn't require a firmware? The only one
> > that I know is madwifi, do you know others?
> >
>
> All Realtek chips - rtl8180, rtl8185, rtl8187.
> All ADMtek ADM8211 chips (but they're not made anymore)
> Some Ralink chips, IIRC. Don't know which ones.
Ralink chips:
rt2400 (11b only pci, minipci and cardbus)
rt2500 (11b/g pci, minipci and cardbus)
rt2570 USB (only old devices, there are some similar named ones)
>
> -Michael Wu
>
>
Luis Correia
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