Linux WiFi stack GPL'd | sec=unclassified

Scott Dier dieman at ringworld.org
Tue May 2 03:15:25 BST 2006


Looks like better broadcom and atheros support.  (and some unified code 
to enhance many networking drivers)  Dapper, I'm pretty sure, already 
has support for broadcom and atheros cards -- but with different driver 
sets.

Stoffers, Robert LAC wrote:
>  >
>  > I'm not a dev so I wont pretend to know exactly what this means.. but
>  > it sounds promising
>  > http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS1977847793.html
>  >
>  > May 01, 2006
>  >
>  > The day when WiFi cards "just work" under Linux may be fast
>  > approaching. WiFi software stack specialist Devicescape has released
>  > its "Advanced Datapath" 802.11 driver stack to the open source
>  > community under the GPL, and the Linux kernel developer community
>  > appears to be working to adapt it for mainline inclusion.
>  >
>  > The Devicescape WiFi stack was previously only available to device
>  > vendors, under license.
>  >
> 
>  From someone who had lots of trouble getting wireless working in the 
> past with Linux, WiFi cards "just work"-ing is music to my ears. How 
> many/what brands of wireless devices do these drivers support?
> 
> - Robert Stoffers
> 


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Scott Dier <dieman at ringworld.org>



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