#33: Hardware Support: USB Devices
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Reporter: anonymous | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone: version 2.0.0 - far away
Component: madwifi: driver | Version: trunk
Resolution: | Keywords:
Patch_attached: 0 |
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Comment (by BoBBy):
Replying to [comment:50 mrenzmann]:
> Replying to [comment:49 Tich]:
> > umm it seems the uath driver is closed-source
>
> uath is a driver that's been initiated by some OpenBSD programmers, so
it's obviously not closed source. However, from what I know, it seems to
rely on firmware images from (closed source) Windows drivers.
You're absolutely right, the driver is open source, from the very
beginning, and need a binary firmware.
The work was done by D. Bergamini for OpenBSD, and he used to even produce
versions for FreeBSD and NetBSD.
If you're looking for the sources : http :// www.openbsd.org/cgi-
bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/usb/, in files if_uath*
Now, regarding porting it to Linux... I've tried to port the latest
version in FreeBSD a few months ago. I think I was at that time at a
beginner level, from every point of view. I only had a good knowledge of
how OS work and I was able to read and understand C code. It was a total
failure. I never went anywhere near something working. The main difficulty
was to find the macros and the functions needed to do the work, and that's
a real headache, through FreeBSD and OpenBSD are pretty similar.
My point is, unless you have a lot of time to lose and love gcc error
messages, trying to begin hacking with porting a wireless usb driver is
all but a good idea. Don't rely on community support on this part : all
the guys who are able to help you will be very busy, and unless you prove
some skill and that some work has been done, they won't be helpful... they
often are very nice, but they don't have time to lose with somebody who
will disappear two weeks later, with nothing useful done.
All that said, I would love seeing this driver (uath) done...
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