From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161383AbWJ3S7n (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:59:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161385AbWJ3S7m (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:59:42 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:28553 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161383AbWJ3S7l (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:59:41 -0500 Subject: Re: ipw3945? From: Arjan van de Ven To: dragoran Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <45464A55.20803@feuerpokemon.de> References: <45464A55.20803@feuerpokemon.de> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Intel International BV Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:59:39 +0100 Message-Id: <1162234779.2948.67.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.0 (2.8.0-7.fc6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 19:54 +0100, dragoran wrote: > The ipw3945 driver has been out for a while and is not yet upstream. > It requires a binary only daemon to work, but I still see no reason not > to merge it. > Many wlan drivers require binary firmware anyway, so I don't see a > reason not to merge it. has Intel submitted it for inclusion? No. > It seems that the development of the driver has stopped since july, > maybe because it never will get merged and intel decided to stop working > on it? No this is not correct. I'll let James comment on what we are doing though, he can explain that a lot better than I can. -- if you want to mail me at work (you don't), use arjan (at) linux.intel.com Test the interaction between Linux and your BIOS via http://www.linuxfirmwarekit.org