[Madwifi-devel] Athlon64 HAL? Why does wireless hate amd64?

[Ian W. <iwo...@gm...>]

Hey, I just purchased a D-Link DWL-G650 for my amd64 laptop because
the laptop has a Broadcom chip in it, which doesn't work under 64 bit
mode.  I thought I did my research, but only after purchasing the
card, and coming home and trying to instal Madwifi did I realize that
there is no HAL for Athlon64.  I see plenty of other strange
architectures, MIPS and ARM, etc, but no amd64, which is quickly
becoming a popular architecture.

So, my question, can someone tell me, with 100% certainty, that a
Athlon64 HAL will be out soon (say, by September), or should I give
this card to my dad and go buy myself a Prism54 based card (from what
I can tell, those work under amd64 with no problems).  I'm decidedly
pissed off that the one thing that is closed source is holding me
back, even though I do understand the reasons for it being closed
source.  If I seem to be demanding too much, I'm more than willing to
help test any HALs made for amd64, someone just needs to give me the
software and tell me what needs to be tested.

-Ian