Re: Bug#353277: ndiswrapper in main
Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com> writes:
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 12:40:10PM -0500, Andres Salomon wrote:
>> On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 18:00 +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
>> [...]
>> >
>> > First, I couldn't find any reference to a "GPLed NDIS driver" in ndiswrapper's
>> > website, like Michael Poole asserts:
>> >
>> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/01/msg00381.html
>> >
>>
>> I assume he was talking about the CIPE driver; it's linked right from
>> the main ndiswrapper page.
>
> I see. From http://cipe-win32.sourceforge.net/ :
>
> "CIPE-Win32 is a port of Olaf Titz's CIPE package from Linux to Windows NT."
>
> I think this is the cipe-source package in debian. If this driver is already
> available, there's no much point in using it via ndiswrapper.
>
> Is there any other free ndis driver?
The availability to do this is enough even if there are other
(possibly better) ways to do the same. One free driver _in_ Debian and
the package should stay in main.
But does the cipe-source build or ship the windows driver for use with
ndiswraper? I doubt that.
Which means you need some software (even if it is free) from outside
Debian for ndiswraper. That makes it contrib imho.
MfG
Goswin
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