Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:43:18 +0100 From: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Steve Tremblett <tremblett@gmail.com>, Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org>, jT <toyj@union.edu> Subject: Re: Intel 5100 WiFi Message-ID: <200811170543.19218.max@love2party.net> In-Reply-To: <9f8af95f0811162027g41c4460fq89cf106ad64cf505@mail.gmail.com> References: <ee2f4e60811161644x6ad6fd4ey9bccd8db6ab62ae7@mail.gmail.com> <4920E8BE.7080208@freebsd.org> <9f8af95f0811162027g41c4460fq89cf106ad64cf505@mail.gmail.com>
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On Monday 17 November 2008 05:27:48 jT wrote: > I know you are busy, but can you explain what about my response was > wrong when you say doesn't require sysctl ack -- you mean > acknowledgment? I just would like to know for my future reference and > Steve sorry for my misinformation. the firmware for the iwn(4) powered cards is (in contrast to ipw(4)) provided by Intel under a permissive license that does not require end-user acknowledgment. It is unfortunate that Intel doesn't release all firmware similarly - so we have to live with the slight confusion stemming from that. You can identify all firmware(9) modules in the tree that require a license ack, by grepping for "FIRMWARE_LICENSE" in the module Makefiles. -- /"\ Best regards, | mlaier@freebsd.org \ / Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 X http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | mlaier@EFnet / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News
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