[Linux-wlan-ng-devel] linux-wlan-ng 0.2.2-2 on powerpc

[Enrico Tassi]

On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 11:30:56PM +0200, Vivenzio Pagliari wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> today I installed your latest packages on my ibook g4 (powerpc),
> in order to use my DLink DWL-122 USB NIC.
 
> However, there seem to be some missing pieces:
> 1. None of the packages contain any firmware data. Is this
>    because of licensing issues? If yes, why is the firmware then
>    contained in the source package? (Or at least, I guess they
>    are contained there in some form [.hex files in src/prism2].)
>    (I've copied them manually from my self-compiled stuff to /etc/wlan,
>    where prism2dl expects them.)

I think Bug#293787 talks about it. AFAIK there is no license for them,
so I think we should ask linux-wlan-ng upstream (and eventually include
them).

I've the same nic, but no firmware loading is need... can you explain?

> 2. None of the packages contains the prism2dl executable. (I had
>    it left from my self-compiled source, so I used that one.)

I think is will be easy to add this to the deb (but as before... I do
not need it to make the dwl-122 work).

> 3. The firmware loading is triggered via the hotplug mechanism
>    with the wlan.agent script in /etc/hotplug. This script is contained
>    in the linux-wlan-ng source, but was not contained in any
>    of the binary packages. (I copied this file manually from the sources
>    to /etc/hotplug.)
 
as before.
 
Thanks very much for testing... I'll try to fix these issues ASAP.

ciao
-- 
Enrico Tassi
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