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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