Re: Broadcom releases a mac80211-based GPL2 driver for the 802.11n wireless chipsets

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Oops, this mail should have gone to arch-general in the first place, not
to arch-dev-public:

Am 10.09.2010 11:37, schrieb Thomas Bächler:
> After
> http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2009/07/20/microsoft-contributes-to-linux-kernel-a-caos-theory-qa/
> in 2009, pigs start flying again in 2010: Broadcom has released a driver
> for their newer 802.11n wireless chipsets that is
> - licensed under GPL2
> - based on the linux-wireless mac80211 framework
> - already included into linux-staging-next, which means it will be
> available as a staging driver in 2.6.37 and it will be polished to be
> included into the usual linux-wireless tree
> 
> This is great news for everyone, as this means you can soon just buy any
> laptop without having to worry about wireless chipset issues (Dell
> usually uses those chips, but they are not the only ones). For more
> information and the happiness of the linux wireless developers, see:
> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/55418

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