Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: ANNOUNCE: SFLC helps developers assess ar5k (enabling free Atheros HAL) | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:26:29 +0100 |
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On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 14:21 -0500, John W. Linville wrote: > On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 07:42:14PM +0100, Michael Buesch wrote: > > > Now that it seems to be ok to use these openbsd sources, should I port > > them to my driver framework? > > I looked over the ar5k code and, well, I don't like it. ;) > > I don't really like having a HAL. I'd rather prefer a "real" driver > > without that HAL obfuscation. > > I don't think anyone likes the HAL-based architecture. I don't think > we will accept a HAL-based driver into the upstream kernel. > > The point is that the ar5k is now safe to be used as a reference and > source of information (and code, as appropriate) without copyright FUD. > Distilling that information into a proper Linux driver is work that > remains to be done.
there have been several efforts on this before; is it worth revitalizing one of them?
Also I suspect that if you merge a provisional driver early, lots of folks will switch to it and start beating on it and fixing the style etc issues...
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