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Heya, |
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net-wireless/ipw2100 and net-wireless/ipw2200 are both kernel drivers built as |
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an external package through portage. The codebase currently in portage is the |
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same that is present in any up-to-date kernel tarball (2.6.x). |
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For this reason I am suggesting, everyone migrates to the in-kernel drivers. |
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They can be found here: |
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Networking ---> |
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Network device support ---> |
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[*] Network device support |
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Wireless LAN (non-hamradio) ---> |
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[*] Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio) & Wireless Extensions |
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<M> Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection |
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<M> Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection |
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These will also enable the in-kernel version of the ieee80211 driver. |
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As per summary, both packages are going to get punted from the tree. Both will |
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vanish around sometime next January (I'd say 30 days from today - which makes |
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it 21th January 2007). |
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And to leave those of you, who already use the in-kernel driver relaxed, the |
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firmware images are not going to get removed as they are still needed for the |
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in-kernel drivers. |
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Christian Heim <phreak at gentoo.org> |
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GPG key ID: 9A9F68E6 |
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Fingerprint: AEC4 87B8 32B8 4922 B3A9 DF79 CAE3 556F 9A9F 68E6 |