On Wednesday 01 October 2008, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 09:49:34AM +0400, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: > > I have here driver that can be built for two different types of > > hardware from basically the same sources (this is port of old Agere > > drivers for Hermes-I/Hermes-II chipsets). > > Cool, do you have a link to the code, I'd be glad to add it to > drivers/staging/ if it's not in a fully-mergable state yet to get wider > users for it. > You can look at it here: http://arvidjaar.newmail.ru/wlags49.tar.bz I doubt that it is suitable for inclusion at current state if ever. This is taken directly from Agere 2.4 sources; the only parts that were touched are kernel glue and wireless extensions interface. And it is not GPL'ed, of course. I attach E-Mail I received a while back with answere from Agere legal department. I know that (rather unexpectedly) driver got some acceptance and I was approached several times by different people; I Cc to them. > > Build differs only in one define -DHERMES2 and single file with > > different firmware. Unfortunately "if HII" are spread over sources > > which makes splitting of sources rather questionable. > > > > What is the best way (from kbuild POV) to build two modules - for H-I > > and H-II - from the same set of source files? > > Not to create two different modules, but rather have one module that > works for both pieces of hardware, with dynamic checks for the different > portions. > I can't; one of the reasons being - I have no idea how to do it. Original sources build separate modules for every flavour of driver. It is just that I was recently asked about this driver on Zaurus (which happens to use Hermes-II); so I had to do something about it. If someone could offer (link to) hermes-1/2 programming manual ...
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- Subject: Re: wlags49_h1_cs - 2.6.x - Agere Hermes I driver
- From: TJ <tj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:28:59 +0000
- In-reply-to: <200701192041.45312.arvidjaar@xxxxxxx>
- Organization: TJworld
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Hi Andrey, I've got some good news for you/us/the world of Hermes :) I got a reply from the legal representative at Agere confirming that their source-code is BSD licensed, and I've included the contents of the email here. I hope this re-assures you so that your excellent work on the drivers can be made widely available for other hackers to work with. Regards, TJ. --------- On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 13:54 -0500, Pathare, Viren M (Viren) wrote: "I would like to confirm that the two drivers; Linux LKM Wireless Driver Source Code, Version 7.18 and Linux LKM Wireless Driver Source Code, Version 7.22 comply with Open Source BSD License. Therefore the source code can be distributed in unmodified or modified form consistent with the terms of the license. The Linux driver architecture was based on two modules, the MSF (Module specific functions) and the HCF (Hardware Control Functions). Included in the HCF is run-time firmware (binary format) which is downloaded into the RAM of the Hermes 1/2/2.5 WMAC. This hex coded firmware is not based on any open source software and hence it is not subject to any Open Source License. The firmware was developed by Agere and runs on the DISC processor embedded within the Hermes 1/2/2.5 Wireless MAC devices. Hope this helps. Sincerely, Viren Pathare Intellectual Property Licensing Manager Agere"
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