| Date | Sun, 4 Jun 2006 18:15:15 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: wireless (was Re: 2.6.18 -mm merge plans) |
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On Sun, 4 Jun 2006 21:06:36 -0400 Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 01:50:11PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > acx1xx-wireless-driver.patch > > fix-tiacx-on-alpha.patch > > tiacx-fix-attribute-packed-warnings.patch > > tiacx-pci-build-fix.patch > > tiacx-ia64-fix.patch > > > > It is about time we did something with this large and presumably useful > > wireless driver. > > I've never had technical objections to merging this, just AFAIK it had a > highly questionable origin, namely being reverse-engineered in a > non-clean-room environment that might leave Linux legally vulnerable.
I never knew that.
<reads changelog> <reads website> <reads wiki>
I still don't know that. Denis, do you know the details?
> If we can clear that hurdle, by all means pass it on to John Linville > and get it moving towards upstream.
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