New wireless drivers committed
Yann Berthier
yb at bashibuzuk.net
Wed Apr 20 13:03:47 PDT 2005
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Damien Bergamini wrote:
> I've recently imported four new wireless drivers into the tree:
Yeeha :)
> ipw(4) and iwi(4) both require firmwares to operate.
> These firmwares can't be redistributed with the base system due to
> license restrictions. See firmware licensing terms here:
> http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=4
> Ports which include the firmware images as well as the firmware loader
> are being worked on.
If I may ask: is the firmware not 'autoloaded' on OpenBSD by the
driver itself ? If so, what's wrong with this approach ?
> iwi(4) - IBSS support is not yet implemented.
> Monitor and HostAP modes are not supported due to firmware
^^^^^^^ that's unfortunate
Many thanks indeed !
- yann
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