Hi *! Am Dienstag, den 05.10.2004, 00:57 +0200 schrieb Gianluca Sforna: [...] > I am interested in packaging the kernel driver for TI ACX100/111 > wireless network cards, but this poses some issues: > - currently an older version is present in Dag Wieers repo (thanks > Dag!!). Should I ask him "permission" to work on it before doing > anything? would it clash somehow if present in both repos (dag & > extras)? Can't speak for Dag, but AFAIK some people already took his spec-files and build on top of them a version for fedora.us. But I made the experience that is easier to start with the standard SPEC file template. If you have problems you still can look into other spec- files. This has nothing to do with the quality of the spec-files, just my own experience -- your mileage may vary. > - How do I deal with the card firmware, which is released as a binary > module (guess much like the intel centrino one) You need to check the license carefully. I don't know it, but I suspect it's redistributable at fedora.us -- so maybe livna.org is a better target. Or leave the firmware out and just place the driver at fedora.us. > - What kernel version should it target? the latest rawhide, the one in > Core 2, the last in updates... The latest in updates. If you have any further questions just ask me, I packaged some kernel- modules already for fedora.us/livna.org. There is also a tool (fedora- kmodhelper) than *can* be very helpfull with kernel-modules, but it's not a must AFAIK. HTH -- Thorsten Leemhuis <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
