[Prism54-devel] Re: Interrupt Polling

[Margit Schubert-While]

Jim scribeth:

>On Aug 10, 2004, at 8:38 PM, Margit Schubert-While wrote:
>
>> From the E-Mail address, it seems Rodel works for a company that
>>produces WLAN Prism products.
>> From the home page:
>>"The EAZIX wireless LAN products are based on the Intersil Prism chipsets:
>>Prism 3 (802.11b), Prism GT (802.11g) and Prism WorldRadio (802.11a/g).
>>These devices are compatible with equivalent products from other 802.11b,
>>802.11g and 802.11a/g makers."
>>and:
>>"OS support for MS Windows 98SE/Me/NT4/XP, Linux"
>>
>>If, as is likely, this company has uClinux based software already,
>>then :
>>a) They already have the development kit
>>b) They had better quickly put download links to the GPL'd software
>>      on their site.
>
>Do you have a copy of their product?
>
>The GPL only says that you have to either include a copy of the source, or 
>an offer for same (with the
>binary, and that you can charge (nominally) for making the copy.
>
>Until you've got a copy of his (company's) product in your hands, you 
>don't have much claim under the GPL.

Let's not get into GPL issues, that's been aired enough on LKML. I did say 
"If" :-)

Rodel, the current Prism54 driver is not particularly suited for embedded 
devices.
You might want to download the uClinux source code from a manufacturer's 
site that
is using Prism chipset in their AP :-)

Margit