Re: [gNewSense-users] pre-compiled linux-libre 2.6.27-rc5 packages for atheros wireless support

[Karl Goetz]

On Sat, 2008-09-06 at 19:43 -0500, J.B. Nicholson-Owens wrote:
> Ali Gunduz wrote:
> > I think that there is a significant need for wireless support in
> > gNewSense. Although there are free atheros drivers that support a
> > number of devices, these are not supported under gNewSense by default.
> 
> First, thanks for your work to bring us these free software drivers in a 
> completely free software Linux kernel.
> 
> I'd like to understand more about the process by which the free software 
> Atheros drivers will make it into the Linux kernel.  Is it a matter of 
> time until the free software Atheros drivers are reviewed, re-edited as 
> needed to meet current Linux coding conventions and interfaces, then 
> make it into the Linux kernel?  Then from there these drivers are bound 
> to be inherited by all Linux kernel distributors?

As the distributions adopt those kernels.
It wont magically get backported to existing distros.
kk

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Karl Goetz <address@hidden>

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