On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:03:48 +0100, Hans Cats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
2007/3/13, dimitris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Intel's laptop-oriented chips have GPL drivers, albeit with binary
modules - but not *kernel* binary modules.
The 3945abg driver uses a binary userspace daemon and a binary on-chip
microcode:
http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/
The 2200bg/2945abg driver relies on a binary on-chip firmware:
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/
The latter one is in the mainline kernel too.
A better option would be to use one of the chipset that has runtime
firmware
that (even) OpenBSD is allowed to distribute.
You'll find a good article on the problems with binary firmwares on
http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/293
For a round up:
atu (4) - Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b wireless network device
ral (4) - Ralink Technology IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network device (2nd
gen 802.11 Ralink)
rum (4) - Ralink Technology USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network device
zyd (4) - Zydas ZD1211 USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network deviceMarcin
Juszkiewicz already mentioned some of them.
Hans
The PCI based devices (Intel and the first Ralink) would harldy fit into a
phone both physically and power-usage wise. Regarding the USB ones, the
Atmel is pretty much EOL'ed as far as I know, and the driver for the
others are not stable nor too portable. And we didn't speak about wireless
characterisks, sensivity and other "lower" priority stuff.
Imre
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