From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932367AbWFEBGj (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jun 2006 21:06:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932363AbWFEBGj (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jun 2006 21:06:39 -0400 Received: from havoc.gtf.org ([69.61.125.42]:37775 "EHLO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932367AbWFEBGh (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jun 2006 21:06:37 -0400 Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 21:06:36 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linville@tuxdriver.com Subject: wireless (was Re: 2.6.18 -mm merge plans) Message-ID: <20060605010636.GB17361@havoc.gtf.org> References: <20060604135011.decdc7c9.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060604135011.decdc7c9.akpm@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 01:50:11PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > acx1xx-wireless-driver.patch > fix-tiacx-on-alpha.patch > tiacx-fix-attribute-packed-warnings.patch > tiacx-pci-build-fix.patch > tiacx-ia64-fix.patch > > It is about time we did something with this large and presumably useful > wireless driver. I've never had technical objections to merging this, just AFAIK it had a highly questionable origin, namely being reverse-engineered in a non-clean-room environment that might leave Linux legally vulnerable. If we can clear that hurdle, by all means pass it on to John Linville and get it moving towards upstream. Jeff