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From: James Ketrenos <jketreno@linux.co.intel.com>
To: Dax Kelson <dax@gurulabs.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Announce] Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 802.11b driver
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 20:46:31 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <404E8187.3090307@linux.co.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1078866774.2925.15.camel@mentor.gurulabs.com>


Dax Kelson wrote:

> Is it is really *firmware*, in that it loads and executes purely within
> the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 itself and not in the linux kernel on the
> main CPU? If so, bravo!

Yes, it is really firmware.  It is loaded from disk as a block of data and 
passed to the card.  The system CPU doesn't execute anything out of the 
firmware, nor does the firmware know anything about the kernel.

> Does a similar effort exist for the upcoming Sonoma 802.11a/b/g
> component? Will Linux support be available for Sonoma at launch?

It is our intention to support a/b/g WLAN with a driver for Linux, but details 
are being worked out so we have no dates or commitment at this time.

Thanks,
James

  reply	other threads:[~2004-03-10  2:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-03-09 20:24 [Announce] Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 802.11b driver James Ketrenos
2004-03-09 20:57 ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-03-09 22:01   ` James Ketrenos
2004-03-09 23:48     ` Marcel Holtmann
2004-03-09 21:05 ` Timothy Miller
2004-03-09 21:12 ` Dax Kelson
2004-03-10  2:46   ` James Ketrenos [this message]
2004-03-10  8:15   ` vda
2004-03-10  8:38     ` Jeff Garzik
2004-03-10 17:31       ` Timothy Miller
2004-03-10 17:26         ` Jeff Garzik
2004-03-12  0:32         ` Lincoln Dale
2004-03-11  1:07       ` Joel Jaeggli
2004-03-10 12:35     ` bert hubert
2004-03-10 18:06     ` Disconnect
2004-03-11 22:45     ` Bill Davidsen
2004-03-10  7:52 ` Jan De Luyck
2004-03-11  6:23   ` Jan De Luyck
2004-03-11  7:48     ` James Ketrenos
2004-03-11  8:05       ` Jan De Luyck
2004-03-11 18:37 ` Stephen Hemminger
2004-03-11 22:14   ` James Ketrenos
2004-03-11 22:27 ` Bill Davidsen

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