Re: ipw(4) and iwi(4): Intel's Pro Wireless firmware licensing problems

2006-10-07 Thread Constantine A. Murenin
On 06/10/06, Chuck Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 5, 2006, at 7:31 PM, Constantine A. Murenin wrote: On 05/10/06, Chuck Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 4, 2006, at 7:46 PM, Constantine A. Murenin wrote: Why are none of the manual pages of FreeBSD say anything about why Intel

Re: ipw(4) and iwi(4): Intel's Pro Wireless firmware licensing problems

2006-10-06 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Oct 5, 2006, at 7:31 PM, Constantine A. Murenin wrote: On 05/10/06, Chuck Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 4, 2006, at 7:46 PM, Constantine A. Murenin wrote: Why are none of the manual pages of FreeBSD say anything about why Intel Wireless devices do not work by default?

Re: ipw(4) and iwi(4): Intel's Pro Wireless firmware licensing problems

2006-10-05 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Oct 4, 2006, at 7:46 PM, Constantine A. Murenin wrote: My acquaintance with Unix started with FreeBSD, which I used for quite a while before discovering OpenBSD. I now mostly use OpenBSD, and I was wondering of how many FreeBSD users are aware about the licensing restrictions of Intel Pro

Re: ipw(4) and iwi(4): Intel's Pro Wireless firmware licensing problems

2006-10-05 Thread Constantine A. Murenin
On 05/10/06, Chuck Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 4, 2006, at 7:46 PM, Constantine A. Murenin wrote: Why are none of the manual pages of FreeBSD say anything about why Intel Wireless devices do not work by default? http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipw

ipw(4) and iwi(4): Intel's Pro Wireless firmware licensing problems

2006-10-04 Thread Constantine A. Murenin
Hi, My acquaintance with Unix started with FreeBSD, which I used for quite a while before discovering OpenBSD. I now mostly use OpenBSD, and I was wondering of how many FreeBSD users are aware about the licensing restrictions of Intel Pro Wireless family of wireless adapters? Why are none of