Re: [Madwifi-devel] Opensource HAL module
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From: Martin List-P. <mar...@li...> - 2004-11-12 11:22:06
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On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 11:46, Olivier Fauchon wrote: > David Pufer wrote: > > Hi developers, > > > > I very appreciate work opensource community has done for wireless drivers. > > I have a question regarding the porting of opensource HAL module created by OpenBSD developers to Linux platform (see http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118). > > Do the MADWIFI developers intend to port or participate to develop the opensorce HAL module for Linux as the OpenBSD developers do? > > > > The source code of the module can be found e.g. at > > http://osmirrors.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/OpenBSD/src/sys/dev/ic/ > > files ar5xxx.c, ar5xxx.h > > > Isn't the HAL stuff under a Non Discolure Agrement from Atheros ? > > Although thist seems to be a complete rewrite of HAL atheros driver, > are we allowed to port and merge this code to Madwifi? If you haven't signed a non-disclosure agreement with Atheros and since this work is based on reverse-engineering i would check if your local laws say anything against that. If non of that is an issue, then you should have no problems in a work to replace the hal with those bits. Hey, i would be happy to see somebody replacing them, might just make it easier for me to get the madwifi drivers into mainstream Debian, which is, what i am working on currently. Kind regards, Martin List-Petersen http://www.marlow.dk/madwifi |