Re: Atheros and rt2x00 driver

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>]

Mateusz Berezecki wrote:
> Daniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@gmail.com> wrote:
> -> 
> -> 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.
>  
>   the same applies to atheros. they got stuff either in eeprom or in
>   driver. no firmware necessary. 
>   
>   there is an ongoing project for atheros cards.
>   work in progress located at http://mateusz.agrest.org/atheros/


There is still the open question of whether this is legal enough to 
include in the kernel :(

I really would have preferred a cleanroom approach, like that taken by 
the forcedeth driver authors.

	Jeff