From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758719AbYDHS6B (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:58:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755492AbYDHS5v (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:57:51 -0400 Received: from mga10.intel.com ([192.55.52.92]:39532 "EHLO fmsmga102.fm.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753263AbYDHS5u (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:57:50 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,625,1199692800"; d="scan'208";a="547836466" Message-ID: <4602.134.134.163.87.1207681069.squirrel@linux.intel.com> Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:57:49 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [ANN] WiMAX stack and drivers for Intel WiMAX Link 5050 From: jayant@linux.intel.com To: stephen.hemminger@vyatta.com Cc: wimax@linuxwimax.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8-4.0.1.el4.centos MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen.hemminger@vyatta.com] >I notice that there is a binary supplicant required. After the >experience with the ipw3945 driver lack of acceptance, I would >hope that Intel would have learned that dependence on binary >userspace components would limit acceptance especially > with other more hostile projects (OpenBSD). This is a temporary situation with supplicant while we resolve some licensing issues. You should soon see us link with the opensource supplicant. Our intention is to use all open source components whenever available. rgds Jayant