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
next prev parent 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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