Hello!
On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 04:27 +0000,
f.duncan.m.haldane-fOdFMYwuEsI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I understand your position completely. But to enhance the admittedly small
> chance of some "white knight" stepping up to offer a patch, maybe you could
> create a
> "TODO_WPA_HELP_WANTED" text file in the subversion repository,
> and write in it your understanding /hints of what would be involved in
> adding WPA support, (in addition to the WE-18 infrastructure), including (if
> you know) which
> firmware versions of the supported chipsets do/do not support WPA, how to
> test for them, etc.
Actually, my first priority is getting version 0.15 out is a form that
doesn't require a particular kernel.
Besides, I haven't researched in details what it takes to add WPA
support. If I research it, I may as well start coding it and document
the progress.
> Also a list of any useful links you can think of.
>
> With the beginnings of such a roadmap, which could be added to as more
> information becomes
> available, maybe someone will take up the challenge.
Actually, I barely have time to answer e-mails, let alone writing
roadmaps. If I write a roadmap, that's an invitation for more e-mails.
> Does the dual MPL/GPL licensing of orinoco.c preclude any direct cut and
> paste from
> purely GPL sources?
It shouldn't. MPL compatibility can be dropped at any time.
> For the record, here is an excerpt from similar correspondence I googled
> about the BSD driver "wi" which I think also supports orinoco in that OS.
> They
> have similar issues for legacy 802.11b drivers.
To make it simple, the driver should provide the interface that
wpa_supplicant expects. Compatibility with HostAP shouldn't be
required. Support for generic wext driver in wpa_supplicant would be
good enough.
--
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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