On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 01:58:16PM -0400, Joshua Smith wrote:
> Maybe I've missed something but what makes it impossible to write a
> device driver for the Wireless chipset?
>
> -Josh
No one said it is impossible, it is just far harder than it should
be due to a lack of documentation and companie
Floor Terra wrote:
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> Proprietary hardware and software seems to be directly against their
> core principles.
That would be the assumption.
Though as always, watch the actions, not the words...
> The XO laptop uses Open Firmware instead of a BIOS, so it's probably
> a lot like a Sun SPARC or
On Sep 26, 2007, at 5:08 PM, big one wrote:
OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) had released XO AMD Geode LX Laptops
using G1G1 (Buy 2 Get 1). One laptop will be sent to the buyer and
the 2nd laptop will be sent to a child in a poor, developing country.
According to Mr Theo de Raadt from OpenBSD, i
Paul de Weerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 08:08:41AM -0700, big one wrote:
> | OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) had released XO AMD Geode LX Laptops
> | using G1G1 (Buy 2 Get 1). One laptop will be sent to the buyer and the
> | 2nd laptop wil
On 26/09/2007, Joshua Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Maybe I've missed something but what makes it impossible to write a
> device driver for the Wireless chipset?
Nothing is impossible, but the problem is that so many parts of the
OLPC hardware are proprietary and without readily available
doc
On 2007/09/26 13:58, Joshua Smith wrote:
> Maybe I've missed something but what makes it impossible to write a
> device driver for the Wireless chipset?
not impossible, but I think it was fiddly. it's malo(4), isn't it?
there's the usual silly games with firmware files too, you need to get
them o
On 26/09/2007, Paul de Weerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 08:08:41AM -0700, big one wrote:
> | OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) had released XO AMD Geode LX Laptops
> | using G1G1 (Buy 2 Get 1). One laptop will be sent to the buyer and the
> | 2
Maybe I've missed something but what makes it impossible to write a
device driver for the Wireless chipset?
-Josh
On 9/26/07, Paul de Weerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 08:08:41AM -0700, big one wrote:
> | OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) had
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On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 08:08:41AM -0700, big one wrote:
| OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) had released XO AMD Geode LX Laptops
| using G1G1 (Buy 2 Get 1). One laptop will be sent to the buyer and the
| 2nd laptop will be sent to a child in a poor, developing country.
|
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