linux-kernel - Re: ANNOUNCE: SFLC helps developers assess ar5k (enabling free Atheros HAL)

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Message-ID: <455C731A.4010503@scram.de>
Date:	Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:18:02 +0100
From:	Jochen Friedrich <jochen@...am.de>
To:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
Cc:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	madwifi-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, lwn@....net, mcgrof@...il.com,
	david.kimdon@...icescape.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: SFLC helps developers assess ar5k (enabling free Atheros
 HAL)

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Hi Michael,

>> I don't think anyone likes the HAL-based architecture.  I don't think
>> we will accept a HAL-based driver into the upstream kernel.
> 
> Yeah, wanted to hear that. ;)

+1

At least, this way we have a chance to get USB working as well (See http://madwifi.org/ticket/33).
OpenBSD seems to have a working driver (if_uath.c) for these USB WLAN sticks.

Jochen
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