Greg KH schrieb: > On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 08:59:41PM +0200, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: (...) >> Here's my short list: >> >> 1. linux-wlan project >> >> http://linux-wlan.org/ >> >> Still, they have drivers for some wireless devices not available in the >> main kernel. > > They are currently working directly with the Linux wireless developers, > and know how to get code into the tree if they want to. I'm not too > worried about them. But if they want our help, I'm sure we could do so. > Have you asked them? Actually, no. I just happened to fight with a wireless USB thingy lately which used their prism2_usb driver (it supports over 40 wireless USB Adapters, not bad - different manufacturers, probably almost identical inside). I searched their list a bit (which is not very active), as I remember, there were some posts asking the developers about mainline inclusion, unfortunately, without any reply. Later, I've read some article about the Linux Driver Project and it made me wonder: why there are so many free drivers, often with specs and proper documentation, but outside of the mainline kernel. And hence my post to this list :) >> 2. driver for crypto engine cards >> >> For Linux 2.2 and 2.4 only: >> http://sourceforge.net/projects/hifn7951/ >> http://soekris.com/vpn1401.htm > > Nice, but I think we need further crypto core work in order to be able > to properly integrate this to Linux, right? In their current state (2.2, 2.4 kernel patch), most probably, yes. I wonder how much does it remind (or at least, some selected functionality) hardware crypto devices in current kernel's drivers/crypto/. Note that currently Linux doesn't support any hardware crypto cards, what a loss ;) -- Tomasz Chmielewski http://blog.wpkg.org
