Intel Pro Wireless cards
Axel Thimm
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
Tue Mar 1 13:23:49 UTC 2005
On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 12:09:47PM -0500, Eric Warnke wrote:
> After reviewing the archives of the various lists I have found no
> discussion on the topic of wireless driver inclusion in FC.
>
> I have checked with LICENSE and FAQ for the intel driver and firmware
> and was wondering if it could be included in core. Without those driver
> it makes most centrino based laptops useless without special handling.
>
> Specifically since I know people will ask, the problem must lie in the
> firmware since the driver is GPL. The firmware is under a commercial
> licence that allows redistribution as long as a small number of
> conditions are met. Distributed by rpm and installed the only condition
> that needs to be met is that the LICENCE file needs to be installed with
> the firmware.
>
> http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=1
>
> "*Your rights to redistribute the Software shall be contingent upon your
> installation of this Agreement in its entirety in the same directory as
> the Software.*"
>
>
> So, is this a non-starter, or can this be accomodated by FC? I know
> this would be a bog help to the laptop users out there. At least if we
> can get the driver support in core so that each kernel release does not
> break laptop support I would be most grateful.
Try the packages at
http://ATrpms.net/name/ipw2200/
http://ATrpms.net/name/ipw2100/
http://ATrpms.net/name/ipw2200-firmware/
http://ATrpms.net/name/ipw2100-firmware/
and, if you are adventurous
http://ATrpms.net/name/ipw2200-testing/
http://ATrpms.net/name/ipw2100-testing/
--
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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