On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 14:59 -0400, Thomas J. Baker wrote: > On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 19:02 +0100, Peter Robinson wrote: > > On 9/28/06, Thomas J. Baker <tjb@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 10:42 -0400, Dan Williams wrote: > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > [1] except for Atheros chipsets, which can't go into the kernel until > > > > they stop being a**es and deal with the binary-linked-in-blob. Intel > > > > seems to have a much better path to upstream acceptance with ipw3945 > > > > than Atheros could ever manage. > > > > > > > > > > Any idea how soon the ipw3945 will be included or what that status of it > > > is? > > > > I'm using the ipw3945 driver from atrpms without issue. > > > > Peter > > > > I successfully use John Linville's kernel and the binary blobs from > ipw3945.sf.net but it would be much nicer to have it in the standard > kernel with the binary blobs from the repository that is not to be > named. Right; push the Intel developers to engage the kernel, and get ipw3945 upstream in the kernel. Right now there's some resistance because of the binary user-space regulatory daemon that the driver requires. Once that gets worked out, I'd suppose it will go upstream fairly quickly. Dan > tjb > -- > ======================================================================= > | Thomas Baker email: tjb@xxxxxxx | > | Systems Programmer | > | Research Computing Center voice: (603) 862-4490 | > | University of New Hampshire fax: (603) 862-1761 | > | 332 Morse Hall | > | Durham, NH 03824 USA http://wintermute.sr.unh.edu/~tjb | > ======================================================================= > -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
