Más información sobre esto pueden encontrar en http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/madwifi-devel/2007/9/20/265416 "[ANNOUNCE] MadWifi project moves away from binary-only HAL in favor of ath5k" El Thursday 23 October 2008 01:38:43 Daniel Olivera escribió:
Marcos Guglielmetti escribió:
Package: madwifi-modules-2.6.21 Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: non-free/net Installed-Size: 776 Maintainer: Debian madwifi team < [email protected]> Architecture: i386 Source: madwifi (1:0.9.3-1) Version: 1:0.9.3-1+2.6.21-10.00.Custom Replaces: madwifi-ng-modules-2.6.21 Provides: madwifi-modules-2.6.21 Depends: madwifi-tools, linux-image-2.6.21 | kernel-image-2.6.21 Recommends: wireless-tools Description: modules for the Multiband Atheros Driver for WiFi (kernel 2.6.21) This package contains the set of loadable kernel modules for Atheros based WiFi chipsets. . This package contains the compiled kernel modules for 2.6.21 . If you have compiled your own kernel, you will most likely need to build your own madwifi-modules. The madwifi-source package has been provided for use with the Debian's module-assistant or kernel-package utilities to produce a version of madwifi-ng-module for your kernel.
No es libre porque tiene un componenete (llamado HAL) que no lo es. El libre se llama ath9 pero se que solo es compatibe con kernels muy nuevos. Igualmente se puede bajar por cvs la rama trunk de madwifi que ya no usa el modulo hal.
Saludos
happy hacking!!