[Solar-tecnica] por qué no es libre esto? madwifi-modules-2.6.21

Dom Nov 23 22:04:33 CET 2008

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 <
> > pkg-madwifi-maintainers en lists.alioth.debian.org>
> > 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!!