>From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen.hemminger@xxxxxxxxxx] >I notice that there is a binary supplicant required. After the >experience with the ipw3945 driver lack of acceptance, I would >hope that Intel would have learned that dependence on binary >userspace components would limit acceptance especially > with other more hostile projects (OpenBSD). This is a temporary situation with supplicant while we resolve some licensing issues. You should soon see us link with the opensource supplicant. Our intention is to use all open source components whenever available. rgds Jayant