From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Cc: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>,
Luis Rodriguez <Luis.Rodriguez@atheros.com>,
linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
"ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org" <ath5k-devel@venema.h4ckr.net>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Release of Atheros 802.11abg HAL under the ISC
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:04:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48DD6A65.1060209@errno.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080926230149.GE5972@tesla>
Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 03:55:58PM -0700, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
>
>> If I understand this correctly, madwifi is no longer a non-free driver?
>>
>
> MadWifi is based on a proprietary HAL which is slightly different
> than this one, so no, its still non-free. The "free" drivers where
> I think focus should be put in is ath5k and ath9k as they are now both
> merged as part of the Linux kernel.
>
The hal is not proprietary; Atheros just won't allow me to release it.
And there are significant differences between the two code bases.
Sam
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-26 23:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-26 21:57 Release of Atheros 802.11abg HAL under the ISC Luis R. Rodriguez
2008-09-26 22:02 ` Nick Kossifidis
2008-09-26 22:09 ` Michael Buesch
2008-09-26 22:36 ` Greg KH
2008-09-26 22:55 ` Maxim Levitsky
2008-09-26 23:01 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2008-09-26 23:04 ` Sam Leffler [this message]
2008-09-26 23:21 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-09-27 12:42 ` Jiri Slaby
2008-09-27 13:09 ` [ath5k-devel] " Bob Copeland
2008-09-27 14:38 ` John W. Linville
2008-09-27 15:34 ` Tim Gardner
2008-09-28 13:18 ` Glenn Saberton
2008-09-29 3:50 ` Michael Renzmann
2008-09-28 20:45 ` [ath5k-devel] " Derek Smithies
2008-10-24 2:26 ` JUN
2008-10-27 10:30 ` Johannes Berg
2008-10-27 20:07 ` Nick Kossifidis
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2008-09-26 23:12 Bruno Randolf
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