Re: MadWifi HAL now open source
"Ken Caruso" <[email protected]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:47:50 -0800
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------=_Part_77938_14311967.1228956470066 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:25 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Have you tried digging through the ubnt forums or contacting ubiquiti > support yet? They also have their own HAL and madwifi distro: http://ubnt.com/support/ -Ken > > > On Dec 9, 5:55 pm, macker <[email protected]> wrote: > > All this means, is that the ubiquiti SRX expresscard will still not > > work for months, going on 8 months later? > > > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Daevid Vincent <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > So does this mean I'll be able to use one of those newer 802.11g or n > cards > > > as my AP on my linux box? > > > > > Currently I'm stuck at 802.11b with my Engenius Senao NL-2511 PCMCIA > card > > > and hostap. I'm dying. > > > ________________________________ > > > MadWifi HAL now open source > > > > > Sam Leffler, maintainer of the binary HAL used in MadWifi releases, > > > announced last weekend that he was releasing the source code for the > > > hardware abstraction layer (HAL) of the MadWifi Linux Wifi driver. It > is now > > > available under an ISC license via a subversion repository (svn web > > > interface). > > > > > For a long time, MadWifi was the only Linux driver able to handle > Atheros > > > Wifi cards. A few weeks ago, Atheros released a HAL under the same > license, > > > to help develop the ath5k, IEEE 802.11a/b/g, Wifi driver, which some > > > developers, including Atheros employee Luis R. Rodriguez, had ported > from > > > OpenBSD to Linux last year. Ath5k and the ath9k Draft-N WLAN driver, > which > > > dispense entirely with proprietary parts in favour of OpenHAL, have > been > > > part of the Linux kernel since versions 2.6.25 and 2.6.27 respectively. > > > Before now, MadWifi used the manufacturer's proprietary HAL, which > prevented > > > direct access to the Wifi hardware. The developers of the MadWifi > driver had > > > tolerated this situation, although it meant that parts of the software > > > project resembled a black box and could not be incorporated in the > Linux > > > kernel. > > > > > The release of the MadWifi HAL concludes the agreement between Leffler > and > > > Atheros which gave him access to information on the manufacturer's > devices. > > > All fixes and updates for new chips will be carried out by the > developer > > > community from now on. The published source code uses the Linux > operating > > > system as its reference platform. Potential developers can find out > more on > > > the ath5k-devel and ath9k-devel mailing lists; note that these lists > are SSL > > > secured with an unverifiable certificate and will require an exception > be > > > made in your browser. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the SeattleWireless Talk list, hosted by Google Groups To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/swn-talk?hl=en For more about the SeattleWireless.NET project, see http://seattlewireless.net/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- ------=_Part_77938_14311967.1228956470066 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:25 AM, <span= dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">mattw@seattle= wireless.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" sty= le=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <br> Have you tried digging through the ubnt forums or contacting ubiquiti<br> support yet?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>They also have their own HAL a= nd madwifi distro:</div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"http://ubnt.com/supp= ort/">http://ubnt.com/support/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> -Ken</div><div> </div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margi= n:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><br> <div class=3D"Ih2E3d"><br> On Dec 9, 5:55 pm, macker <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">mac.= [email protected]</a>> wrote:<br> > All this means, is that the ubiquiti SRX expresscard will still not<br= > > work for months, going on 8 months later?<br> ><br> </div><div><div></div><div class=3D"Wj3C7c">> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 4:3= 1 PM, Daevid Vincent <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">dae...@daevid= .com</a>> wrote:<br> > > So does this mean I'll be able to use one of those newer 802.= 11g or n cards<br> > > as my AP on my linux box?<br> ><br> > > Currently I'm stuck at 802.11b with my Engenius Senao NL-2511= PCMCIA card<br> > > and hostap. I'm dying.<br> > > ________________________________<br> > > MadWifi HAL now open source<br> ><br> > > Sam Leffler, maintainer of the binary HAL used in MadWifi release= s,<br> > > announced last weekend that he was releasing the source code for = the<br> > > hardware abstraction layer (HAL) of the MadWifi Linux Wifi driver= . It is now<br> > > available under an ISC license via a subversion repository (svn w= eb<br> > > interface).<br> ><br> > > For a long time, MadWifi was the only Linux driver able to handle= Atheros<br> > > Wifi cards. A few weeks ago, Atheros released a HAL under the sam= e license,<br> > > to help develop the ath5k, IEEE 802.11a/b/g, Wifi driver, which s= ome<br> > > developers, including Atheros employee Luis R. Rodriguez, had por= ted from<br> > > OpenBSD to Linux last year. Ath5k and the ath9k Draft-N WLAN driv= er, which<br> > > dispense entirely with proprietary parts in favour of OpenHAL, ha= ve been<br> > > part of the Linux kernel since versions 2.6.25 and 2.6.27 respect= ively.<br> > > Before now, MadWifi used the manufacturer's proprietary HAL, = which prevented<br> > > direct access to the Wifi hardware. The developers of the MadWifi= driver had<br> > > tolerated this situation, although it meant that parts of the sof= tware<br> > > project resembled a black box and could not be incorporated in th= e Linux<br> > > kernel.<br> ><br> > > The release of the MadWifi HAL concludes the agreement between Le= ffler and<br> > > Atheros which gave him access to information on the manufacturer&= #39;s devices.<br> > > All fixes and updates for new chips will be carried out by the de= veloper<br> > > community from now on. The published source code uses the Linux o= perating<br> > > system as its reference platform. Potential developers can find o= ut more on<br> > > the ath5k-devel and ath9k-devel mailing lists; note that these li= sts are SSL<br> > > secured with an unverifiable certificate and will require an exce= ption be<br> > > made in your browser.<br> <br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br> <br> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~<br> You received this message because you are subscribed to the SeattleWireless= Talk list, hosted by Google Groups <br> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <br> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to <br> [email protected] <br> For more options, visit this group at <br> http://groups.google.com/group/swn-talk?hl=3Den <br> <p>For more about the SeattleWireless.NET project, see http://seattle= wireless.net/<br> -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---<br> <br> ------=_Part_77938_14311967.1228956470066--