[Debian-eeepc-devel] FLOSS Atheros drivers and donations

[Paulus Esterhazy]

Sven Arvidsson schrieb:
> On Sun, 2008-04-06 at 18:41 +0200, Paulus Esterhazy wrote:
>> The AR2425 (AR5007EG) chipset built into the Eee PC is not supported by
>> FLOSS drivers, as outlined in [1]. Now that ath5k support for this
>> chipset may be forthcoming, I think it would be most helpful if ath5k
>> developers had their own Eees to play with
>>
>> First, ASUS for all we know may be willing to supply one or two to the
>> ath5k members. I have already contacted ASUS support, though I couldn't
>> find a good contact on their website, so I went with their press
>> address. I will report back to hear how it goes. If anyone has a better
>> way to communicate with them, I'd love to hear about it.
>>
>> If this fails, then I propose to try and raise the money needed to buy
>> one or two laptops for the project. There is a sizeable community at
>> [2], so I think there is a chance that this might work. madwifi.org have
>> a possibility to receive donation through FFII. [3]
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm guessing you never heard back from Asus?
> 
> Have you been in contact with madwifi.org to find out how donations best
> could be handled? There doesn't seem to be a way to donate money for a
> specific goal at http://madwifi.org/wiki/Donations
> 
> Perhaps donations directly to Nick Kossifidis could be arranged?

You're right, I never heard a word from Asus. So a direct donation is
what I think is best, too. I posted a message a while back to the
forum.eeeuser.com message board, and got some response:

http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=246766#p246766

Specifically, the plan is described here:

http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=246766#p246766

I'm optimistic that we'll find enough people. After having confirmed
this procedure with Nick, I'll report back later this week.

Cheers,
Paulus