From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [Madwifi-devel] ar5k and Atheros AR5005G Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 09:18:20 -0800 Message-ID: <20061205091820.2480f92e@freekitty> References: <1164746352.31456.22.camel@systems03.lan.brontes3d.com> <200611291612.33448.mb@bu3sch.de> <20061129152407.GB5412@devicescape.com> <200611291638.56759.mb@bu3sch.de> <20061129160328.GA22602@devicescape.com> <20061129121312.4cfc254f@freekitty> <43e72e890612011035hf24aeb6wd20f8e93d2238c68@mail.gmail.com> <3459.194.45.26.221.1165329546.squirrel@webmail.otaku42.de> <43e72e890612050715g9568cfv945f28ccbf796801@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Michael Renzmann" , "David Kimdon" , netdev@vger.kernel.org, madwifi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, "Nick Kossifidis" , "Michael Buesch" , "Reyk Floeter" Return-path: Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.25]:52578 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S968482AbWLERUR (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Dec 2006 12:20:17 -0500 To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" In-Reply-To: <43e72e890612050715g9568cfv945f28ccbf796801@mail.gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 10:15:33 -0500 "Luis R. Rodriguez" wrote: > On 12/5/06, Michael Renzmann wrote: > openhal here. > > > > I've set up the suggested branches, with slight changing to the proposed > > names: > > > > * http://svn.madwifi.org/branches/madwifi-old-openhal (based on r1142) > > * http://svn.madwifi.org/branches/dadwifi-openhal (based on r1827) > > > > Neither of them has received any modifications yet, they are basically > > copies of the mentioned revisions. I'm currently lacking the time to > > import Nick's work into the madwifi-old-openhal branch, for example - it > > would be nice if someone else could work on that. > > CC'ing Reyk Foeter. > > Committed Nick's port of ar5k (openal) to both branches, both now have > the openhal. Please note (very important): > > We are basing our openhal on OpenBSD's ar5k. Because of this and since > the GPL does not allow us to commit changes on the GPL version back to > the BSD version please sumbit your non-linux enhancements to the HAL > to "Reyk Floeter" and CC madwifi-devel. > > We have an openhal.org which we can start to use, should Reyk want, to > use as the master tree of the ar5k to make sure any enhancements on > the HAL go to both BSD and Linux. The licensing on the master tree > should be kept BSD as Reyk wants it to be. This way Linux or BSD > contributions can go into one tree and later revisions can be added to > dadwifi/openbsd with their own specific BSD'isms and Linux'isms. Keep > in mind the Linux port will remain dual licensed BSD/GPL. Let me know > what you think Reyk. > > Luis All the more reason to merge the HAL in and make it disappear -- Stephen Hemminger