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Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 21:56:05 +0000
From: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org>
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Subject: Re: Release USB WLAN driver version 0.2 - testers wanted
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On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 04:58:25PM +0100, Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN] wrote:
> I have been told that OpenBSD's wi driver has support for Prism USB adapters. 
> If it supports your device, it could be ported to FreeBSD.

I looked at this briefly. It only applies to the old owi(4) driver and makes
some significant changes to the device structures. It would take time to port,
and more time to forward-port to wi(4).

BMS