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Re: Bug#221709: ITP: at76c503a-source -- at76c503a driver source



On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 07:04:45PM +0100, Guido Guenther wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> * Package name    : at76c503a-source
>   Version         : 0.11.beta5
> * URL             : Oliver Kurth <oku at masqmail dot cx>
> * License         : GPL
>   Description     : at76c503a driver source

That is my email addrss in the URL field... not the site to
download. It is really
http://at76c503a.berlios.de/
My name is correct for upstream, but you should also add Joerg Albert.

>  .
>  Alternative driver for the Atmel AT76C503A based USB WLAN adapters. This driver
>  is for linux kernel versions 2.4.X.
>  .
>  Currently, the driver has some limitations:
>     * no promiscous, monitor or station mode and no support for libpcap, i.e.
>       it does not work with Kismet or Airsnort and it cannot act as an WLAN
>       access point. This is a restriction imposed by the current firmware.
>     * The firmware for Intersil radios is old (Atmel doesn't update it anymore)
>       and has more restrictions.
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> Architecture: powerpc
> Kernel: Linux bogon 2.4.23-pre5-ben0-bogon #1 Mon Nov 17 15:45:41 CET 2003 ppc
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8

I already filed an ITP for it, but I did not yet package it, for lack of time.
It would be nice if I can work as co-maintainer for this package.

There may also be issues with the firmware: the source is /not/ GPL'ed, but the
hex files from Atmel are. I am not sure if this is possible, and if it is a problem
for Debian to get it into main.

Greetings,
Oliver

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