On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 04:22:19PM +0000, Luis Henriques wrote: > On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 10:23:36AM +0100, Dorian B?ttner wrote: > > Brynet schrieb: > > >Luis Henriques wrote: > > >>Hi! > > >> > > >>I finally got tired of not using my wireless card on my laptop and > > >>decided to > > >>take a look at the code. I compared the ath OpenBSD code with similar > > >>drivers > > >>on NetBSD and Linux kernels, start adding/correcting the ath code and > > >>finally > > >>got it to work. I am currently able to use my AR5424 wireless card! > > > > > >I think you may have just duplicated some existing work, Damien commited > > >a new Atheros driver in -CURRENT.. it was named athn(4). > > > > > >http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=125821878008903&w=2 > > > > > >You might have been able to adapt this new driver, instead of pulling in > > >code from Linux (..even if it may be ISC licenced). > > > > > >>1) Most of the code I'm using is from Linux driver which is AFAIK GPL'ed > > >>code. > > >> Is this a problem? > > > > > >If it is GPL code, it's very unlikely to be commited. > > > > > >-Bryan. > > If I remember correctly the AR5424 is the AzureWave assembled into > > some EEE Models amongst others. > > I don't think it is supported by athn > > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=athn&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html > > Not sure about this, but I'm have been using -current and the driver that > actually is being attached to my card is ath, not athn. The default > behaviour (without my mods to the driver) is to crash my system (i.e., > the system stops responding and I need to do a hard reboot on the laptop) > as soon as I do something like ifconfig ath0 scan or ifconfig ath0 > 192.168.0.1. > > Luis >
Not to be rude, but shit or get off the pot; either you copied the code from GPL'ed sources or you didn't. If you did, it won't go in. If you didn't, then make sure that it's considered compatible with the BSD license. If it comes from a BSD-like license, the only way you'll know if anybody cares is by showing it, not talking about it. Patches traditionally have been sent to tech@, so that's the place for it, if it's not GPL'ed. Goddamn.
