Re: Release of Atheros 802.11abg HAL under the ISC

[H. Peter Anvin]

Sam Leffler wrote:
> > 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.

Perhaps you and Luis can work together on fixing that problem?

And Luis, congratulations on your work so far.  It has really paid off.

	-hpa

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