On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Oron Peled wrote:
About a month ago I discovered (announced Dec-2004): http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
AFAIK this is the only 11g chipset with full spec and fully GPL'ed driver. This is important as binary only drivers (e.g: nVidia) create tough dilemmas (e.g: apply a kernel security patch and stay with non-working driver or vice-versa?)
I think you are mistaken - intel ipw2200, TI acx111 and Prism54 are also supported by fully GPL'ed drivers. They all have binary firmware that needs to be loaded to the card, but this is not different from having the firmware on a ROM on the card.
I like to buy from supporting hardware vendors (Yes Intel, this also mean I won't buy any laptop with Centrino(TM) when the vendor has demonstrated they don't won't my money [Yes, I know about the sf.net project -- but a partial implementation with missing specs cannot be called "vendor support" in my book]).
I do not want to appear as a defender of intel, but considering what we see from other hardware manufacturers - Broadcom, nVidia, SiS, Toshiba, etc. I'd say that intel's support is good enough for now.
-- Matan Ziv-Av. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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