[maemo-developers] stlc45xx: open source WLAN driver for N800 and N810

[From: Leandro Sales]

Andrew,
   read the http://stlc45xx.garage.maemo.org/ and you will have
answers for your questions.

Regards,
Leandro.

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Andrew Barr
<andrew.james.barr at gmail.com> wrote:
> Kalle Valo <kalle.valo <at> nokia.com> writes:
>
>>
>> I'm excited to announce a new project called stlc45xx, an open source
>> WLAN driver for Nokia N800 and N810.
>
>
> This is wonderful news, it is one less proprietary component needed
> on the tablets.
>
> Now if you guys could just free DSME and BME, I'd have few
> complaints left. :P
>
>> I recommend anyone interested about the project joining
>> stlc45xx-devel. Unfortunately the garage project is closed currently,
>> but it will be opened as soon as possible.
>
> Does this mean we cannot download the source code or does this
> mean that joining the mailing list and/or the garage project is
> closed?
>
> Also, since the tablets are currently using a 2.6.21 kernel, what
> is the recommended source tree (e.g. linux-omap) and/or version
> to upgrade so we can test the driver?
>
> Also, if you are free to answer this question, what is the
> "officiality" of this project? Is this done with the blessing
> of Conexant? Does anyone have access to documentation or is
> this all done by reverse engineering?
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew
>
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