is wifi-driver developed anymore?

Vinzenz Hersche hersche at puzzle.ch
Wed Aug 12 23:22:30 CEST 2009


Am Mittwoch, 12. August 2009 23.01:51 schrieben Sie:
> I really wonder how omitting the list from CC can help you prepare a
> petition.
>
normaly it send answered mails from the list also back to the list... don't 
know why it does that by your mail
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:52:24PM +0200, Vinzenz Hersche wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, 12. August 2009 22.38:30 schrieben Sie:
> > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:27:21PM +0200, Vinzenz Hersche wrote:
> > > > argh... :s
> > > > mmh, i think, it could work, if more then the half community would
> > > > join this and wrote a letter (with real paper, for this, there isn't
> > > > a spamfilter...:) )
> > >
> > > Did something like that ever worked? :(
> >
> > yeah. principe of petition, works in switzerland as democratic action and
> > sometimes also on companis
>
> I can't see how it can work on atheros here. I'd prefer finding inside
> contacts to understand what's going on about it and how much it would cost
> for them to do anything.
>
i think, if we are "loud" enough, it could work (also with press.. or do you 
belive, atheros wants a image-damage for bad quality?), but also a inside-
contact would be great. why not both?
> > > > and one more technicaly idea; i read about the driver from openwrt.
> > > > it works realy good, as i know...
> > >
> > > It's the same driver without any tweaks AFAIK.
> >
> > mmh, i just shortly read about it and i think, it must works good
> > (because it's a router-sw), but may it's because of kernel 2.6.30...
>
> I guess it's exactly the same. .30 doesn't change anything about it.
>
ok, so may i'm wrong. i like hope.. :)
> > > > as last of ideas: how much are about 100-200 pieces of a
> > > > openmoko-compatible wlan-chip with a good quality?
> > >
> > > I'm yet to find any.
> >
> > cool. may it's could be a communitywork... which are the criterias?
>
> Well, it depends. If you want a ready-to-use module probably it's just
> impossible. If you're ready to design PCB for some chip among with RF
> components, then SDIO support and low power and size would be the main
> requirements.
>
phu, ok, i must learn there something.. but it's good to know..
> > and at the end; may someone could build extensions with chips from
> > gizmoforyou as example...
>
> I'm not an appropriate person to answer this qustion, you should have CC'd
> the list.
yeah, i just say this for future.. because of no edge-support.. with these 
open components from openmoko, we could integrate new components.. but this is 
also on movement, i think (openhw-alliance..)



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