On Jul 28, 2005, at 10:47 AM, Mike Kupfer wrote:
What about things like wifi drivers? I'm not an expert in the area,
but
I'm told that these drivers often contain a binary-only component (even
in Linux). It's apparently the result of US (FCC) regulatory
requirements on the wifi hardware.
On 7/28/05, Tao Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 7/28/05, Shawn Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think that's a very practical view. There is a *lot* of
hardware out there that cannot be used without some binary component.
Not just wifi, but many others. Quite frankly, it
Tao Chen wrote:
...
I am not familiar with the Wi-Fi issue.
How is it handled by Redhat/SuSe/Debian right now, assuming it's not
part of the Linux kernel?
ipw2200.sourceforge.net et al have what some people refer to as a HAL
(hardware abstraction layer) for the FCC-mandated non-changeable
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 06:12:55PM -0500, Shawn Walker wrote:
The point is if a driver exists that can be integrated, but has a
required binary only component due to legal or other restrictions and
that is the only way that hardware will work, then to me and many
others it is perfectly
