From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932419AbVHRUxP (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:53:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932420AbVHRUxP (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:53:15 -0400 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.199]:45426 "EHLO zproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932419AbVHRUxO (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:53:14 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to; b=qju0/ufvmyxQNxedi8LTh0VGgcYd3QjIJKOQC4PUBBkasUZ2XyUvHJe+BsTe52Hqj+qV5+P1rW2g86AVUvqBTV419LBYDjL/1KPPh6oSSV1/H2/EonWi0AMaZGlkBJgv+Hdeh6njOa5rpcXvtuvTNZuwu6i0PILPXaBHSV+XHhI= Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 22:58:21 +0200 From: Mateusz Berezecki To: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Atheros and rt2x00 driver Message-ID: <20050818205821.GA30510@localhost.localdomain> Reply-To: Mateusz Berezecki Mail-Followup-To: Linux Kernel References: <6278d22205081711115b404a9b@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6278d22205081711115b404a9b@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Daniel J Blueman wrote: ->=20 -> There is a good chance the rt2x00 driver will get into the kernel tree -> in time, since there is no firmware to upload - Ralink Tech -> (www.ralink.com.tw) took a design decision to incorporate the firmware -> into an EEPROM on-board, allowing their driver to be GPL'd, and the -> rt2x00 is a Linux-specific rewrite which is stabilising well. =20 the same applies to atheros. they got stuff either in eeprom or in driver. no firmware necessary.=20 =20 there is an ongoing project for atheros cards. work in progress located at http://mateusz.agrest.org/atheros/ /M --=20 @..@ Mateusz Berezecki=20 (----) mateuszb@gmail.com http://mateusz.agrest.org ( >__< ) PGP: 5F1C 86DF 89DB BFE9 899E 8CBE EB60 B7A7 43F9 5808=20 ^^ ~~ ^^ --C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDBPZtKu1H8AtEdBoRAixJAJ9wazxR9CUPiLzJLIRiDWGHDQxKZwCaAnsE LLT8zLNQR0AbdAGX1itRHrY= =C/Fz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc--