[Bug 221675] Review Request: zd1211-firmware - Firmware for wireless devices based on zd1211 chipset

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Summary: Review Request: zd1211-firmware - Firmware for wireless devices based on zd1211 chipset


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=221675





------- Additional Comments From ericm24x7 at gmail.com  2007-03-22 20:44 EST -------
(In reply to comment #12)
> From:
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-packaging/2007-February/msg00292.html
> The package shouldn't be concerned by this licence field
> Redistributable, no modification permitted
> (since this is a GPL firmware)
> 
> The question are still:
> - Does it is usefull to have a -devel package
> - Do users that uses zd1211rw or zd1211 softmac drivers (already in vanilla)
>  or zd1211-mac80211 (since kernel 2.6.21rc1 and fedora 7 test), are

My understanding from zd1211-devs mail list
(https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs):

* zd1211 - vendor supplied driver under GPL, not in active development
* zd1211rw - base on ieee80211/softmac stack and very limited capabilities.
       ieee80211/softmac development no longer active, moving toward mac80211
* zd1211rw-mac80211 - provide much fuller features and capabilities
       - all active development is focus on this stack now.
       - my test: basic functions very functional and stable under x86_64

* Since many small size firmwares are often modified and patched directly from
hex as opposed to recompilation from sources, I think this meet the requirement
of: "preferred form for modification". Maybe "acceptable form of modification"
rather than "preferred".

* so will the latest zd1211rw-mac80211 firmware be included in the latest fc7
development build? 

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