From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764898AbYDON7d (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:59:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755479AbYDON7W (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:59:22 -0400 Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:2439 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752390AbYDON7V (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:59:21 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:28:45 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Pavel Machek Cc: kernel list , kaszak@gmail.com, lcostantino@gmail.com Subject: Re: w35und: add softmac interface Message-ID: <20080415132845.GA11789@tuxdriver.com> References: <20080414224740.GA31431@elf.ucw.cz> <20080415002826.GC4270@tuxdriver.com> <20080415070923.GA13767@elf.ucw.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080415070923.GA13767@elf.ucw.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:22:41AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > This adds softmac interface to w35und driver... so it becomes monster > > > driver with _two_ interfaces. > > > > > > If you initialize hardmac interface, then softmac starts to > > > works... it associates to AP, and can even ping. > > > > > > (Or at least I hope so... it was somewhat too easy.) > > > > OK, I'm late to the party...what is this stuff going into > > drivers/net/wireless? > > Actually you are about month early to the party ;-). We are trying to > clean up winbond usb wireless driver, so that it can think about > inclusion in kernel. > > http://code.google.com/p/winbondport/ > > Unfortunately, original driver carries its own 802.11 stack with it; > that needs to be stripped down. (And then code needs to be rewritten > due to horrible coding style). I see...OK. Did you get any legal advice regarding whether or not MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") was sufficient to proclaim the driver as covered by the GPL? John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com