* Re: acx100_pci.o GPL but only binary version
@ 2003-03-07 23:17 Jean Tourrilhes
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jean Tourrilhes @ 2003-03-07 23:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Linux kernel mailing list, Alan Cox
Alan Cox wrote :
>
> On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 20:17, alx wrote:
> > acx100_pci.o wanna be a linux driver from the TI acx100 chipset.
> > but it doesn't work at all!
> > - First ifconfig SegFault
> > - Second hangs the machine
>
> Its a known one. No source, the GPL license appears to be a fiction
> designed to violate the Linux copyright. I guess someone needs a DMCA
> takedown order in the post
Actually, the problem is that TI (which we believe is the
author of the driver) doesn't itself distribute this driver, but it
seems that it has misteriously "leaked" on the net and it's just basic
Linux users that are putting it on their web page.
If you look at the Linux-Wlan mailing list archive, you will
see that this driver also contain code from the linux-wlan-ng driver,
and I don't know yet if they cut'n'paste code from the GPL version or
just bought the development kit from Linux-Wlan.
Anyway, as this driver doesn't seem to work (check the various
mailing list), I don't think there is any point making a big fuss and
we should politely ask TI (or whoever wrote the driver) to come clear
on this one.
Have fun...
Jean
P.S. : And in the Howto, TI is still marked as "unsupported".
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* acx100_pci.o GPL but only binary version
@ 2003-03-07 20:18 alx
2003-03-07 21:05 ` David Lang
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: alx @ 2003-03-07 20:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: LKML
HI all
I got this module from the net (binary version)
acx100_pci.o wanna be a linux driver from the TI acx100 chipset.
but it doesn't work at all!
- First ifconfig SegFault
- Second hangs the machine
I did modinfo on this module and I got:
$ modinfo acx100_pci.o
filename: acx100_pci.o
description: "TI ACX100 WLAN 22Mbps driver"
author: "Lancelot Wang"
license: "GPL"
$
Someone has the source code or know the author ?
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* Re: acx100_pci.o GPL but only binary version
2003-03-07 20:18 alx
@ 2003-03-07 21:05 ` David Lang
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: David Lang @ 2003-03-07 21:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: alx; +Cc: LKML
check on the site that you got the binary module from. they are the ones
who need to give you the source.
David Lang
On 7 Mar 2003, alx wrote:
> Date: 07 Mar 2003 21:18:24 +0100
> From: alx <alexs81@libero.it>
> To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
> Subject: acx100_pci.o GPL but only binary version
>
>
>
> HI all
> I got this module from the net (binary version)
>
> acx100_pci.o wanna be a linux driver from the TI acx100 chipset.
> but it doesn't work at all!
> - First ifconfig SegFault
> - Second hangs the machine
>
> I did modinfo on this module and I got:
>
> $ modinfo acx100_pci.o
> filename: acx100_pci.o
> description: "TI ACX100 WLAN 22Mbps driver"
> author: "Lancelot Wang"
> license: "GPL"
> $
>
> Someone has the source code or know the author ?
>
>
>
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* acx100_pci.o GPL but only binary version
@ 2003-03-07 20:17 alx
2003-03-07 21:19 ` William Stearns
2003-03-07 23:10 ` Alan Cox
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: alx @ 2003-03-07 20:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: LKML
HI all
I got this module from the net (binary version)
acx100_pci.o wanna be a linux driver from the TI acx100 chipset.
but it doesn't work at all!
- First ifconfig SegFault
- Second hangs the machine
I did modinfo on this module and I got:
$ modinfo acx100_pci.o
filename: acx100_pci.o
description: "TI ACX100 WLAN 22Mbps driver"
author: "Lancelot Wang"
license: "GPL"
$
Someone has the source code or know the author ?
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* Re: acx100_pci.o GPL but only binary version
2003-03-07 20:17 alx
@ 2003-03-07 21:19 ` William Stearns
2003-03-07 23:10 ` Alan Cox
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: William Stearns @ 2003-03-07 21:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: alx; +Cc: ML-linux-kernel
Good day, (alx?),
On 7 Mar 2003, alx wrote:
> I got this module from the net (binary version)
>
> acx100_pci.o wanna be a linux driver from the TI acx100 chipset.
> but it doesn't work at all!
> - First ifconfig SegFault
> - Second hangs the machine
>
> I did modinfo on this module and I got:
>
> $ modinfo acx100_pci.o
> filename: acx100_pci.o
> description: "TI ACX100 WLAN 22Mbps driver"
> author: "Lancelot Wang"
> license: "GPL"
> $
>
> Someone has the source code or know the author ?
The module appears to have come from:
http://vilos.com/650_plus/ . Have you contacted the administrator of that
web server and asked how to reach the author?
Vilos.com:
Administrative Contact:
Johanson, Eric ericj@cubesearch.com
3659 22nd Ave W
Suite 4
Seattle, WA 98199
US
206-xxx-xxxx
A Google search on "Lancelot Wang" ACX100 provides some
discussion.
Cheers,
- Bill
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2003-03-07 20:17 alx
2003-03-07 21:19 ` William Stearns
@ 2003-03-07 23:10 ` Alan Cox
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alan Cox @ 2003-03-07 23:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: alx; +Cc: LKML
On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 20:17, alx wrote:
> acx100_pci.o wanna be a linux driver from the TI acx100 chipset.
> but it doesn't work at all!
> - First ifconfig SegFault
> - Second hangs the machine
Its a known one. No source, the GPL license appears to be a fiction
designed to violate the Linux copyright. I guess someone needs a DMCA
takedown order in the post
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