From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261253AbTEANWs (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2003 09:22:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261254AbTEANWs (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2003 09:22:48 -0400 Received: from [193.89.230.30] ([193.89.230.30]:60633 "EHLO roadrunner.hulpsystems.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261253AbTEANWr (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2003 09:22:47 -0400 Message-ID: <1051796106.3eb1228a4abb1@roadrunner.hulpsystems.net> Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 15:35:06 +0200 From: Martin List-Petersen To: bas.mevissen@hetnet.nl Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davem@redhat.com, pizza@shaftnet.org Subject: RE: Broadcom BCM4306/BCM2050 support MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.2-cvs Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >> (..) And as Alan and myself have been >> talking to upper management entities at various wireless card >> companies we know the real reason has to do with making regulation >> agencies happy. They do have drivers, and they do want to publish >> them and yes they recognize that this will expose a lot of their >> IP and they accept that. > > OK. So at least they are open to it. Maybe they should drop a binary somewhere > to get a start. It's not what you want in the long term, but I think good > enough for now. Then we should work something out for the frequency settings. I totally agree on this. A binary driver could better than nothing at this point. Another thing that wonders me, is why companies like Broadcom, if they are so open to releasing the drivers at some point, where they can make the regulation agencies somewhat happy, are so ignorant then. I've heard of serveral people, that tried to get a statement on the possibilty for Linux drivers from then and the return is nothing. I've actually tried myself. No response at all. Regards, Martin List-Petersen martin at list-petersen dot dk -- knowledge, n.: Things you believe.