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Re: [News] Atheros Recommended After Taking Drivers Open Source

  • Subject: Re: [News] Atheros Recommended After Taking Drivers Open Source
  • From: Rob Schwenk <rschwenk00@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:57:55 +0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:13:39 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:

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> Not sure what to buy for Wireless? Buy Atheros
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> Atheros has now stepped up to the plate and delivered a home run on
> Open-Licensed support for their wireless drivers, and not just any
> any wireless drivers. The code for their latest 802.11n cards is
> already online : http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k
> According to Mad Wifi, Atheros has hired Luis Rodriguez and Jouni
> Malinen, who are going to continue to work on the driver. That means
> this release isn't a simple code dump to look good on paper. Nor is
> the release semi-opened up, it's under the ISC License, which is
> what the radically open-licensed OpenBSD developers are using.
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http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/products/wireless/

I bought the PCI card a few months ago. The driver is in 2.6.22. Great
price and works flawlessly for me on pclinuxos.

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