Hi Thiago On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 23:50 -0400, thiago wrote: > Dear Mr. Perez-Gonzalez, > > My name is Thiago and I live in Atlanta, Georgia. As of today, I am > relying on a company called Clear (www.clear.com) to provide me High > Speed internet access, and they use WiMAX. > > I'm using a modem with one ethernet port, so no drivers required. The > service has been great so far: 5.44 Mbps down measured by speedtest.net. > > The sad news is they don't have linux or mac drivers for their USB > dongles. They use primarily Motorola products. The USB dongle they > sell is the Motorola USBw 100 (link: http://www.motorola.com/business/US-EN/USBw_100_US-EN+++.do?vgnextoid=4891424803a7c110VgnVCM1000008406b00aRCRD) > . > ... > What do you say? If this USB 100w and other devices are going to be > 100% Linux compatible someday, I think you are the most qualified > developer to make this happen. I say I have no say over it :) As other said while I was gone (thanks all), this is a matter of any of - the chipset manufacturer writing a driver - the manufacturer releasing specifications or docs and then someone (not necessarily them) writing a driver - someone reverse engineering to create a driver I won't be involved in any of it at the driver level. I will more than gladly accept suggestions, code and help with the main stack part.
