Do you think that Dlink include driver source in the GPL tarball by mistake?
Hmm, it's possible. The only thing that I see in the source is software
determination of Xtal20MHz/Xtal40MHz. All other stuff exist in GPL'ed source
for USB/PCI/PCIe cards at
http://www.ralinktech.com/_en/07_downloads/01_windows.php?sn=501
For example rtmp_chip.c v2.5.0.3 of rt5390/rt5392:
/*
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#include "rt_config.h"
FREQUENCY_ITEM RtmpFreqItems3020[] =
{
/* ISM : 2.4 to 2.483 GHz */
/* 11g*/
/*-CH---N-------R---K-----------*/
{1, 241, 2, 2},
{2, 241, 2, 7},
{3, 242, 2, 2},
{4, 242, 2, 7},
{5, 243, 2, 2},
{6, 243, 2, 7},
{7, 244, 2, 2},
{8, 244, 2, 7},
{9, 245, 2, 2},
{10, 245, 2, 7},
{11, 246, 2, 2},
{12, 246, 2, 7},
{13, 247, 2, 2},
{14, 248, 2, 4},
};
FREQUENCY_ITEM FreqItems3020_Xtal20M[] =
{
/*
* RF_R08:
* <7:0>: pll_N<7:0>
*
* RF_R09:
* <3:0>: pll_K<3:0>
* <4>: pll_N<8>
* <7:5>pll_N<11:9>
*
*/
/*-CH---N--------R---N[7:4]K[3:0]------*/
{1, 0xE2, 2, 0x14},
{2, 0xE3, 2, 0x14},
{3, 0xE4, 2, 0x14},
{4, 0xE5, 2, 0x14},
{5, 0xE6, 2, 0x14},
{6, 0xE7, 2, 0x14},
{7, 0xE8, 2, 0x14},
{8, 0xE9, 2, 0x14},
{9, 0xEA, 2, 0x14},
{10, 0xEB, 2, 0x14},
{11, 0xEC, 2, 0x14},
{12, 0xED, 2, 0x14},
{13, 0xEE, 2, 0x14},
{14, 0xF0, 2, 0x18},
};
06.01.2013, 22:40, "Michel Stempin" <[email protected]>:
> I'm not a layer either and not the author of the patch, but I don't see any
> obvious relationship between the cited Ralink sources and the bunch of
> RF5350-specific tests added to the rt2x00 GPL sources by Serge's patch,
> besides the fact that he mentioned in his forum post that "WLAN support was
> added based on dlink gpl archive file"?
>
> Maybe Serge could explain what he did exactly, so we can see if it prevents
> from integrating his code into a GPL licensed driver?
>
> -Michel
>
> Le 06/01/2013 11:33, John Crispin a écrit :
>
>>>>
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>>>> * (c) Copyright 2002-2004, Ralink Technology, Inc.
>>>> *
>>>> * All rights reserved. Ralink's source code is an unpublished work and
>>>> the
>>>> * use of a copyright notice does not imply otherwise. This source code
>>>> * contains confidential trade secret material of Ralink Tech. Any attemp
>>>> * or participation in deciphering, decoding, reverse engineering or in
>>>> any
>>>> * way altering the source code is stricitly prohibited, unless the prior
>>>> * written consent of Ralink Technology, Inc. is obtained.
>>>>
>>>> ***************************************************************************
>>> Although I'm not a lawyer, but in my understanding, this does not allows
>>> to use
>>> that code as a basis for GPL licensed driver.
>>>
>>> -Gabor
>>>
>>> 1. https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=186188#p186188
>> i have sent an email to MTK to ask ;)
>>
>> John
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