Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:54:27 -0800 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Kip Macy <kip.macy@gmail.com> Cc: Patrick Bowen <pbowen@fastmail.fm>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WiFi driver companies Message-ID: <45B79D53.5080503@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <b1fa29170701240811t6668ce1i7e78948901f9f433@mail.gmail.com> References: <45B74A72.9080108@fastmail.fm> <b1fa29170701240811t6668ce1i7e78948901f9f433@mail.gmail.com>
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Kip Macy wrote: > It has frequently been mentioned that Ralink is open. However, I have > no vendor contact information so I cannot confirm that. For > maintaining and extending the ralink drivers I rely on the linux > driver put out by ralink as a reference. The atheros driver is > extremely well supported, and for the foreseeable future will continue > to be your best choice when using freebsd. To the best of my > knowledege the only chipset which has publicly available documentation > is the Prism II with Intersil firmware - which is supported by wi(4) > (which I wish everyone would throwaway so I could stop throwing > band-aid after band-aid at it and spend the time adding 11n support). FWIW the Prism docs were never public; they were just so widely circulated under the table that it just seemed like that :) I know of no wifi vendors that openly distribute information about their products (though something makes me think atmel does/did?). ralink has never responded to my requests for information despite various folks claims. Most vendors just stick out linux drivers and people take 'em apart to do bsd drivers. Sam
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