2009/9/3 Gábor Stefanik <netrolller.3d@xxxxxxxxx>:> On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez<mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:>> I'm pleased to announce the new home page to Atheros Linux wireless drivers:>>>> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/Atheros>>>> To get updates just subscribe to the wiki. There you will find>> information regarding any old legacy Atheros driver and any proper>> upstream driver.>>>> I'd like to also take the time to announce two devices for which>> support is currently being developed for: ar5523 and ar9271. Both>> ar5523 and ar9271 device support is currently being worked on either>> by the community or by Atheros itself. Both of these driver projects>> will be using th Linux driver project [1] to gain traction. Patches>> and development discussions regarding these two drivers prior to>> getting upstream into drivers/net/wireless/ will take place on the>> Linux driver project mailing list [2]. For direct one-on-one>> communication for support and development we will rely on the>> #linux-wireless IRC channel on irc.freenode.net. Both devices are USB>> but differ greatly, please visit the ar5523 page [2] and the ar9271>> page [3] for further device specifics and more information.>>>> The model of development for ar9271 device support is rather new -- we>> are not targeting staging, instead we target using the strength of>> community development at an extremely early stage, as early as is>> possible, even before the device is functional. If we get a device>> driver functional prior to meeting upstream requirements then so be it>> -- and the driver does gets stuffed into drivers/staging. End goal is>> to get it into proper drivers/net/wireless/ but obviously it will not>> hurt to get users some device functionality prior to that.>>>> The time of turnaround to getting users supported either through>> drivers/staging or drivers/net/wireless/ will ultimately depend on the>> resources dedicated to it. Right now I know only Stefan>> Lippers-Hollmann is working on ar5523 support and I'm the only one>> working on ar9271 support. With your help I am in hopes this will>> change soon.>>>> [1] http://www.linuxdriverproject.org/twiki/bin/view>> [2] http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel>> [3] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ar5523>> [4] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9271>>>> Luis>> -->> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in>> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html>>>> About ar9271: is this device already in the market, or the chip itself> is also still in development? Some vendors are selling it, I however do not know the name or haveany URL for it. Luis_______________________________________________devel mailing listdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
