Crossroads

Tue Mar 13 19:20:36 CET 2007

I don't know much about the intel one except that I wouldn't be
surprised it downloaded the firmware into the chipset. I Broadcom also
does this as well as TI. There is an opensource version of the TI driver.
Getting attention from a Chipset manufacturer is another story.
Marty
> Message: 7
> Date: 2007年3月13日 10:38:38 -0700
> From: dimitris <dimitris at gmail.com>
>>> Intel's laptop-oriented chips have GPL drivers, albeit with binary
> modules - but not *kernel* binary modules.
>> The 3945abg driver uses a binary userspace daemon and a binary on-chip
> microcode:
>> http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/
>> The 2200bg/2945abg driver relies on a binary on-chip firmware:
>> http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/
>> The latter one is in the mainline kernel too.
>> D.