Re: remove references to prism54.org
On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 10:19:59PM +1100, Jonathan Gray wrote: > there are snapshots of some of it on archive.org > https://web.archive.org/web/20080624074509/http://islsm.org/wiki/doku.php?id= Unfortunately, the interesting bits, such as archive.org links to the actual hardware docs on this page, do not seem to work for me: https://web.archive.org/web/20080116080104/http://islsm.org/wiki/doku.php?id=documentation:the_softmac_protocol
Re: remove references to prism54.org
On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 11:37:41AM +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote: > On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 12:20:37PM +1100, Jonathan Gray wrote: > > the prism54.org domain is long abandoned > > don't give any traffic to whoever registered it afterwards > > > > ok stsp@ > > A quick web search suggests that no efforts were made to save the > original content of the site :( there are snapshots of some of it on archive.org https://web.archive.org/web/20080907230829/http://prism54.org:80/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150929204839/http://lekernel.net/prism54// https://web.archive.org/web/20151002085545/http://lekernel.net/prism54//developers.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080624074509/http://islsm.org/wiki/doku.php?id= http://jbnote.free.fr/prism54usb/index.html > > > Index: share/man/man4/upgt.4 > > === > > RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man4/upgt.4,v > > retrieving revision 1.29 > > diff -u -p -r1.29 upgt.4 > > --- share/man/man4/upgt.4 24 Oct 2021 12:32:42 - 1.29 > > +++ share/man/man4/upgt.4 3 Jan 2022 01:12:18 - > > @@ -182,9 +182,6 @@ The > > .Nm > > driver was written by > > .An Marcus Glocker Aq Mt mgloc...@openbsd.org . > > -.Pp > > -The hardware specification was reverse engineered by the people at > > -.Lk http://www.prism54.org . > > .Sh CAVEATS > > The > > .Nm > > Index: sys/dev/ic/pgt.c > > === > > RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/dev/ic/pgt.c,v > > retrieving revision 1.100 > > diff -u -p -r1.100 pgt.c > > --- sys/dev/ic/pgt.c3 Mar 2021 23:58:28 - 1.100 > > +++ sys/dev/ic/pgt.c3 Jan 2022 01:12:44 - > > @@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ > > > > /* > > * This is a driver for the Intersil Prism family of 802.11g network cards, > > - * based upon version 1.2 of the Linux driver and firmware found at > > - * http://www.prism54.org/. > > + * based upon version 1.2 of the Linux driver. > > */ > > > > #define SCAN_TIMEOUT 5 /* 5 seconds */ > > > > > >
Re: remove references to prism54.org
On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 11:55:08AM +0100, Marcus MERIGHI wrote: > Hello! > > s...@stsp.name (Stefan Sperling), 2022.01.03 (Mon) 11:37 (CET): > > On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 12:20:37PM +1100, Jonathan Gray wrote: > > > the prism54.org domain is long abandoned > > > don't give any traffic to whoever registered it afterwards > > > > ok stsp@ > > A quick web search suggests that no efforts were made to save the > > original content of the site :( > > A longer search at > > https://web.archive.org/web/2021*/http://prism54.org > > showed the following: Thanks for digging. > first archival by archive.org, 2003: > https://web.archive.org/web/20031118062037/http://prism54.org/ Impossible, they were still using CVS in 2003?!? > the last archival *before* the content changed drastically, > redirects to wireless.kernel.org: > https://web.archive.org/web/20100224061113/http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54 Given that the original site does not seem to document reserved-engineered hardware specs there is not much value in us keeping references to it.
Re: remove references to prism54.org
On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 12:20:37PM +1100, Jonathan Gray wrote: > the prism54.org domain is long abandoned > don't give any traffic to whoever registered it afterwards > ok stsp@ A quick web search suggests that no efforts were made to save the original content of the site :( > Index: share/man/man4/upgt.4 > === > RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man4/upgt.4,v > retrieving revision 1.29 > diff -u -p -r1.29 upgt.4 > --- share/man/man4/upgt.4 24 Oct 2021 12:32:42 - 1.29 > +++ share/man/man4/upgt.4 3 Jan 2022 01:12:18 - > @@ -182,9 +182,6 @@ The > .Nm > driver was written by > .An Marcus Glocker Aq Mt mgloc...@openbsd.org . > -.Pp > -The hardware specification was reverse engineered by the people at > -.Lk http://www.prism54.org . > .Sh CAVEATS > The > .Nm > Index: sys/dev/ic/pgt.c > === > RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/dev/ic/pgt.c,v > retrieving revision 1.100 > diff -u -p -r1.100 pgt.c > --- sys/dev/ic/pgt.c 3 Mar 2021 23:58:28 - 1.100 > +++ sys/dev/ic/pgt.c 3 Jan 2022 01:12:44 - > @@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ > > /* > * This is a driver for the Intersil Prism family of 802.11g network cards, > - * based upon version 1.2 of the Linux driver and firmware found at > - * http://www.prism54.org/. > + * based upon version 1.2 of the Linux driver. > */ > > #define SCAN_TIMEOUT 5 /* 5 seconds */ > >
remove references to prism54.org
the prism54.org domain is long abandoned don't give any traffic to whoever registered it afterwards Index: share/man/man4/upgt.4 === RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man4/upgt.4,v retrieving revision 1.29 diff -u -p -r1.29 upgt.4 --- share/man/man4/upgt.4 24 Oct 2021 12:32:42 - 1.29 +++ share/man/man4/upgt.4 3 Jan 2022 01:12:18 - @@ -182,9 +182,6 @@ The .Nm driver was written by .An Marcus Glocker Aq Mt mgloc...@openbsd.org . -.Pp -The hardware specification was reverse engineered by the people at -.Lk http://www.prism54.org . .Sh CAVEATS The .Nm Index: sys/dev/ic/pgt.c === RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/dev/ic/pgt.c,v retrieving revision 1.100 diff -u -p -r1.100 pgt.c --- sys/dev/ic/pgt.c3 Mar 2021 23:58:28 - 1.100 +++ sys/dev/ic/pgt.c3 Jan 2022 01:12:44 - @@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ /* * This is a driver for the Intersil Prism family of 802.11g network cards, - * based upon version 1.2 of the Linux driver and firmware found at - * http://www.prism54.org/. + * based upon version 1.2 of the Linux driver. */ #define SCAN_TIMEOUT 5 /* 5 seconds */
