Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:44:14 +0200 | From | Boaz Harrosh <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only |
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On Mon, Jan 28 2008 at 18:13 +0200, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 12:44:19PM +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 25 2008 at 20:02 +0200, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: >>> FYI, this is a patch that will be sent out in the next round to Linus >>> for inclusion in 2.6.25. >>> >>> If anyone has any objections about it, please let me know. >> What about ndiswrapper and its windows binaries >> are they covered through ndiswrapper by GPL? >> (Unfortunately I use them, but less and less) > > Sorry, but no, they are not going to work, due to the way that > ndiswrapper is marked by the kernel module loader. > I was afraid of that, yes.
> Again, you should be getting a kernel warning every time you try to use > a USB function today. > sigh, yes I do, but it's better then no networking.
> What USB drivers for wireless devices are not yet supported by Linux > becides the Marvell-based ones (which some of us are actively working > on...)? > I'm not even sure, its an old vaio pII 512MZ. Still works like a charm with Linux. I use a chokoloku usb dangle that I dismantled and assembled inside the laptop case. I use the original windows drivers that came with it.
Last time I checked with 2.6.20 it did not work, but I should now try 2.6.24 as I know things have advanced a lot. (It works and I'm just lazy)
> thanks, > > greg k-h
Thank you, I do support what you are doing here. Just the ndiswrapper is a special case. But I guess I, as a user, can always use it anyway, right? But not the commercial distros. Don't stop the transition on my account.
Boaz
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