On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 06:48:17PM -0400, Jim Crilly wrote: > On 10/08/06 02:30:14PM -0700, Jurij Smakov wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 07:57:27PM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: > > > Jurij Smakov wrote: > > > > * Package name : ipw3945-daemon > > > > Version : 1.7.22 > > > > Upstream Author : Intel Corporation > > > > * URL : http://http://bughost.org/ipw3945/ > > > > * License : Redistribution only (non-free) > > > > Programming Lang: available only in binary form > > > > Description : Binary userspace regulatory daemon for Intel > > > > PRO/Wireless 3945ABG cards > > > > > > Hasn't it been reverse-engineered yet, so that we can provide > > > a free solution? > > > > Not that I know of. And even if there is a free daemon replacement, > > the driver will still require the non-free binary firmware to operate. > > > > Most people are willing to deal with firmware since they don't run on the > host CPU but only on the card that they're controlling. Intel's daemon > isn't as bad as the Atheros HAL or nVidia's blob, but it's still non-free > and non-necessary. OpenBSD developers wrote a new driver that doesn't require > the regulatory daemon in ~2 months after the initial Intel release. Given that > and the fact that there's already the Intel GPL'd driver available wouldn't > it make sense for someone to 'fix' the GPL'd driver to not require the daemon?
If somebody would volunteer to do that, it would be great. Personally, I don't have neither time nor skill for it. Also, according to Matthew Garrett, the daemon-less driver in OpenBSD lacks some of the capabilities, which Linux driver currently provides (not sure about the details, perhaps Matthew will care to comment here). Best regards, -- Jurij Smakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
