Re: Atheros wi-fi card drivers (?)

2005-03-11 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 16:55 +0100, Raphael Jacquot wrote: [...] > as your name appears european, there are no software patents (yet ?) so Alas, this is wrong. The EPO is issuing masses of software patents since years (though they are more or less explicitly[0] excluded from patentability in the

Re: Atheros wi-fi card drivers (?)

2005-03-11 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 16:55 +0100, Raphael Jacquot wrote: [...] as your name appears european, there are no software patents (yet ?) so Alas, this is wrong. The EPO is issuing masses of software patents since years (though they are more or less explicitly[0] excluded from patentability in the

Re: Atheros wi-fi card drivers (?)

2005-03-08 Thread Lee Revell
On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 17:26 +, Alan Cox wrote: > On Llu, 2005-03-07 at 15:45, Mateusz Berezecki wrote: > > I've been doing some reverse engineering of madwifi HAL (Hardware > > Abstraction Layer) object file recently. > > I ended up with an almost complete source code for one chipset so far

Re: Atheros wi-fi card drivers (?)

2005-03-08 Thread Rene Rebe
Hi, Raphael Jacquot wrote: as your name appears european, there are no software patents (yet ?) so you should be able to release that code as required for interoperability The release of that source does not depend on software patents (which seem to be acked yesterday for europe ... ;-()

Re: Atheros wi-fi card drivers (?)

2005-03-08 Thread Rene Rebe
Hi, Raphael Jacquot wrote: as your name appears european, there are no software patents (yet ?) so you should be able to release that code as required for interoperability The release of that source does not depend on software patents (which seem to be acked yesterday for europe ... ;-()

Re: Atheros wi-fi card drivers (?)

2005-03-08 Thread Lee Revell
On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 17:26 +, Alan Cox wrote: On Llu, 2005-03-07 at 15:45, Mateusz Berezecki wrote: I've been doing some reverse engineering of madwifi HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) object file recently. I ended up with an almost complete source code for one chipset so far and I

Re: Atheros wi-fi card drivers (?)

2005-03-07 Thread Mateusz Berezecki
> A different one than the one that's supported by OpenBSD's reverse-engineered > HAL? I guess so :-) -- Mateusz Berezecki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: Atheros wi-fi card drivers (?)

2005-03-07 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 04:45:38PM +0100, Mateusz Berezecki wrote: > Hi list members, > > I've been doing some reverse engineering of madwifi HAL (Hardware > Abstraction Layer) object file recently. > I ended up with an almost complete source code for one chipset so far A different one than

Re: Atheros wi-fi card drivers (?)

2005-03-07 Thread Roland Dreier
Not really an answer to your question but are you aware of the OpenBSD free Atheros HAL work (as part of the OpenBSD ath driver)? - R. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: Atheros wi-fi card drivers (?)

2005-03-07 Thread Alan Cox
On Llu, 2005-03-07 at 15:45, Mateusz Berezecki wrote: > I've been doing some reverse engineering of madwifi HAL (Hardware > Abstraction Layer) object file recently. > I ended up with an almost complete source code for one chipset so far > and I was wondering if it is legal > to publish such

Re: Atheros wi-fi card drivers (?)

2005-03-07 Thread Raphael Jacquot
Mateusz Berezecki wrote: Hi list members, I've been doing some reverse engineering of madwifi HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) object file recently. I ended up with an almost complete source code for one chipset so far and I was wondering if it is legal to publish such source code on the

Atheros wi-fi card drivers (?)

2005-03-07 Thread Mateusz Berezecki
Hi list members, I've been doing some reverse engineering of madwifi HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) object file recently. I ended up with an almost complete source code for one chipset so far and I was wondering if it is legal to publish such source code on the internet? The note on a card

Atheros wi-fi card drivers (?)

2005-03-07 Thread Mateusz Berezecki
Hi list members, I've been doing some reverse engineering of madwifi HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) object file recently. I ended up with an almost complete source code for one chipset so far and I was wondering if it is legal to publish such source code on the internet? The note on a card

Re: Atheros wi-fi card drivers (?)

2005-03-07 Thread Raphael Jacquot
Mateusz Berezecki wrote: Hi list members, I've been doing some reverse engineering of madwifi HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) object file recently. I ended up with an almost complete source code for one chipset so far and I was wondering if it is legal to publish such source code on the

Re: Atheros wi-fi card drivers (?)

2005-03-07 Thread Alan Cox
On Llu, 2005-03-07 at 15:45, Mateusz Berezecki wrote: I've been doing some reverse engineering of madwifi HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) object file recently. I ended up with an almost complete source code for one chipset so far and I was wondering if it is legal to publish such source

Re: Atheros wi-fi card drivers (?)

2005-03-07 Thread Roland Dreier
Not really an answer to your question but are you aware of the OpenBSD free Atheros HAL work (as part of the OpenBSD ath driver)? - R. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: Atheros wi-fi card drivers (?)

2005-03-07 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 04:45:38PM +0100, Mateusz Berezecki wrote: Hi list members, I've been doing some reverse engineering of madwifi HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) object file recently. I ended up with an almost complete source code for one chipset so far A different one than the one

Re: Atheros wi-fi card drivers (?)

2005-03-07 Thread Mateusz Berezecki
A different one than the one that's supported by OpenBSD's reverse-engineered HAL? I guess so :-) -- Mateusz Berezecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at