Return-path: Received: from ebb.errno.com ([69.12.149.25]:1962 "EHLO ebb.errno.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752332AbYIZXN1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:13:27 -0400 Message-ID: <48DD6A65.1060209@errno.com> (sfid-20080927_011332_648367_EEE456B8) Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:04:05 -0700 From: Sam Leffler MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" CC: Maxim Levitsky , Luis Rodriguez , linux-wireless , "ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Release of Atheros 802.11abg HAL under the ISC References: <20080926215701.GC5972@tesla> <48DD687E.5060703@gmail.com> <20080926230149.GE5972@tesla> In-Reply-To: <20080926230149.GE5972@tesla> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 03:55:58PM -0700, Maxim Levitsky wrote: > >> If I understand this correctly, madwifi is no longer a non-free driver? >> > > MadWifi is based on a proprietary HAL which is slightly different > than this one, so no, its still non-free. The "free" drivers where > I think focus should be put in is ath5k and ath9k as they are now both > merged as part of the Linux kernel. > The hal is not proprietary; Atheros just won't allow me to release it. And there are significant differences between the two code bases. Sam