Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:04:05 -0700 | From | Sam Leffler <> | Subject | Re: Release of Atheros 802.11abg HAL under the ISC |
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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
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