Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:56:49 +0200 | From | Harald Welte <> | Subject | Re: APs from the Kernel Summit run Linux |
| |
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 02:18:10PM +0200, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> > If it is from the ASUS, what makes you think that the D-Link runs the > > same OS? It is quite often the case that one chipset design has > > multiple operating systems ported to it (you see systems with the same > > broadcom or Intersil chipset, one running Linux, the other VxWorks). > > > Please indicate how you came to the conclusion that the D-Link really > > runs Linux. > > The device's ESSID during boot is 'Marvell AP-32', and the Libertas > AP-32 and AP-52 design toolkits contain only ports of Linux and eCos to > the device, according to Marvell. Considering the device's routing > capabilities I'm believe it's running Linux, but I don't have a solid > proof yet, unfortunately. The eCos port is intended for the non-router > variety of the design.
There could also be a 3rd party toolkit with a different OS that you don't know about...
> On the other hand, eCos seems to be GPL, too, although it's possible > that the owner dual-licenses it.
According to http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/, it is either still RedHat or already transferred to the FSF. That doesn't sound like dual licensing, I don't think the FSF would do that...
> > > A firmware image is available from D-Link > > > and it seems to be composed of compressed blocks padded by zeroes. I haven't > > > verified yet that it's indeed a compressed kernel, cramfs, etc, but it seems > > > quite likely. > > > > I'm downloading it right now, and I'll see whether I can find any Linux > > in there. > > Good luck. I'll try to take a look, too.
Up to now I can only tell you that it doesn't look like any of the 50+ linux firmware images I've seen so far.
> > Sure, it's (unfortunately) not the first time I'm dealing with D-Link on > > their GPL [in]compliance :(( > > Rather unrelated, I'm trying to figure out what to do with Elo > Touchsystems, they used my HID driver as a base of their own binary-only > driver and don't answer to e-mail.
Well, if you seriously want to do something about it: They have a German subsidiary. So if the respective product can be bought through that .de office, we can do something about it here. Let's take this offline.
-- - Harald Welte <laforge@gpl-violations.org> http://gpl-violations.org/ ============================================================================ "Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option." (ETSI EN 300 175-7 Ch. A6) [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |