Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for net-wireless/ipw2100 and net-wireless/ipw2200

[Rémi Cardona]

Christian Heim a écrit :
> Heya,
>
> net-wireless/ipw2100 and net-wireless/ipw2200 are both kernel drivers built as
> an external package through portage. The codebase currently in portage is the
> same that is present in any up-to-date kernel tarball (2.6.x).
>
> For this reason I am suggesting, everyone migrates to the in-kernel drivers.
>
> They can be found here:
>
> Networking  --->
>  Network device support  --->
>    [*] Network device support
>           Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)  --->
>             [*] Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio) & Wireless Extensions
>             <M>   Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection
>             <M>   Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection
>
> These will also enable the in-kernel version of the ieee80211 driver.
>
> As per summary, both packages are going to get punted from the tree. Both will
> vanish around sometime next January (I'd say 30 days from today - which makes
> it 21th January 2007).
>
> And to leave those of you, who already use the in-kernel driver relaxed, the
> firmware images are not going to get removed as they are still needed for the
> in-kernel drivers.
>

On second thoughts, I'll raise a small objection to the removal. Latest 
gentoo version is 1.2.0 while the kernel (gentoo-sources-2.6.19-r2) says 
to contain 1.1.4. I know that difference isn't exactly huge, but still, 
it's a step backwards.

On a side note, how do I tell the in-kernel driver where to find the 
firmware? Apparently, it's having issues loading it.

As for the package, as I am myself a user of ipw2200, I could help out 
with whatever tasks are needed to maintain this package (if needed)

Cheers,

Rémi
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