Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 23:51:54 +0200 From: Jona Joachim <jaj@hcl-club.lu> To: "Marcos Biscaysaqu - ThePacific.net" <marcos@tpnet.co.nz> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atheros Open Hal Message-ID: <20070802235154.3d518c3d@localhost> In-Reply-To: <46B14894.8060408@tpnet.co.nz> References: <46B14894.8060408@tpnet.co.nz>
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On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:59:32 +1200 "Marcos Biscaysaqu - ThePacific.net" <marcos@tpnet.co.nz> wrote: > Hi there. > It's the Atheros openhal driver supported in freebsd already? I asked some time if there was any interest in porting OpenHAL to FreeBSD. See the archive of the -advocacy mailing list. I don't think there is any interest. FreeBSD is using a proprietary closed source driver, a so-called blob, for Atheros chipsets and they feel comfortable with it. The leaders hardly ever discuss such decisions. Quoting from http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/people.html: "In order to develop FreeBSD, committers must have the ability to openly discuss matters that will be resolved before they are publicly announced. Frank discussions of work in progress are not suitable for open publication and may harm FreeBSD." Best regards, Jona -- "I am chaos. I am the substance from which your artists and scientists build rhythms. I am the spirit with which your children and clowns laugh in happy anarchy. I am chaos. I am alive, and tell you that you are free." Eris, Goddess Of Chaos, Discord & Confusion
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