Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:44:00 +0000
From: Pablo Manuel Rizzo <info@pablorizzo.com>
Subject: Re: [Solar-general] firmware libre? zd1211
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2010/8/18 david fernandez <rdavidgeek@gmail.com>:
> Alguien me pude sacar esta duda, el firmware para las placas wifi
que poseen
> el controlador zydas zd1211 es libre? ya que en debian se lo tiene
como no
> libre mientras que en parábola gnu/linux esta en los repositorios
como
> libre.
> El driver es gpl peor el firmware no lo es, eso sabia hasta hace un
año.
El firmware que se descarga de aquí
http://sourceforge.net/projects/zd1211/files/
dice que es GPL en el README, pero no queda claro, parece que en
realidad son GPL los headers, pero cuando hablan de "full source"
parece que dentro están los "blobs" y eso no indica si son código o
datos o si se sabe qué significa lo hay dentro:
README
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This distribution contains the firmware files for the
ZD1211 chip, which is used in WLAN USB sticks. Copy the zd1211_* files
to
/lib/firmware/zd1211, where they can be loaded by the rewritten
zd1211 driver.
The files are generated from C header files distributed in the
original ZyDAS ZD1211 driver under the GNU Public License.
The full source of the original ZYDAS driver is available from
http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/VendorDriver
The GPL-licensed header files used to produce the firmware blobs are
also
present in this distribution. See the COPYING file for the full license
terms.
HISTORY
VERSION 1.4 (2007-10-04)
Sync to vendor driver v2.21.0.0
According to Atheros, this firmware fixes a USB disconnect issue which
most
commonly appeared when running "lsusb" or "cat /proc/usb/devices" while
using
the device.
VERSION 1.3 (2006-12-30)
Sync to vendor driver v2.16.0.0
Large packet support is now disabled. The zd1211 firmware is now the
same as
v1.1 but the zd1211b firmware is new: It is the same which is shipped in
the
2.10.0.0 release which supposedly fixes a "reboot issue"
VERSION 1.2 (2006-07-22)
Sync to vendor driver v2.13.0.0
Release notes mention that this firmware includes largepacket support
VERSION 1.1 (2006-04-30)
Added ZD1211B firmware files
VERSION 1.0 (2006-04-16)
This firmware has been generated from fersion 2_5_0_0 of the Zydas
driver, 2006-04-16.
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Pablo Manuel Rizzo
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