Return-path: Received: from mail-qw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.216.46]:36504 "EHLO mail-qw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752091Ab1LQEyS (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:54:18 -0500 Received: by qadc12 with SMTP id c12so1371142qad.19 for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:54:18 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:54:17 +0100 Message-ID: (sfid-20111217_055428_790333_194A6A3D) Subject: wl0084a / wl1271 understanding From: Raffaele Recalcati To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: I'm an embedded developer and I really want opensource development for wireless, to be sure to maintain it in many kernel versions I will have. I'm not an wifi expert and so I can have done some mistakes here below. wl1271 ============= At the end of http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/ARM_Processor_Open_Source_Wireless_Connectivity http://www.openlink.org/software/linux-kernel#lk It seems the same as what I can find in drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx kernel directory. wl0084a ============= grep -rin wl008 drivers give no result on kernel 3.2-rc6. What is the normal approach to take in account? I have to immediately change the usb wifi dongle due to the lacking of information to develop e proper driver or maybe there is some possibility? Here I can find Logilink drivers http://www.logilink.eu/content/support/download.htm?seticlanguage=en They confirm support for LINUX (kernel 2.6.18 ~ 2.6.33) Looking into drivers files ... yes , they are proprietary. Thanks for any help, Raffaele