Bug 13661

Summary: Missing driver/firmware for wireless USB/card embedding ACX100, ACX111 or TNETW1450 chipsets from Texas Instrument
Product: Mageia Reporter: kalagani kalagani <kalagani>
Component: New RPM package requestAssignee: Thomas Backlund <tmb>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: Normal    
Version: 4   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://www.mageialinux-online.org/forum/topic-18541+wifi-impossible-de-trouver-l-interface-ndiswrapper.php#m178345
Whiteboard:
Source RPM: kernel CVE:
Status comment:

Description kalagani kalagani 2014-07-02 23:03:23 CEST 
Description of problem:

None module and firmwares are available on Mageia for wireless USB or PCI card embedding ACX100, ACX111 or TNETW1450 chipsets from Texas Instrument.

So, it is possible to have wi-fi operational with a minimum knowledge 
to download pilote and firmware, then build and install
like I described on this Mageia forum
http://www.mageialinux-online.org/forum/topic-18541+wifi-impossible-de-trouver-l-interface-ndiswrapper.php#m178345

Describing is about wireless PCI card Netgear WG311v2 (ACX111) 
beginning because Ndiswrapper can't use a 32bit XP driver with a 64bit kernel...
ending with another wireless PCI card D-Link DWL520+ (ACX100)

dkms and wpa_supplicant existing in Mageia, pilote and firmwares seeming coming from sourceforge, I am thinking it is possible to enhance the distribution with a new rigth acx_mac80211 module!




Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:
Thierry Vignaud 2014-07-03 13:12:15 CEST

Assignee: bugsquad => tmb
Summary: None components are available for wireless USB/card embedding ACX100, ACX111 or TNETW1450 chipsets from Texas Instrument. => Missing driver/firmwaire for wireless USB/card embedding ACX100, ACX111 or TNETW1450 chipsets from Texas Instrument
Source RPM: (none) => kernel

Comment 1 Thomas Backlund 2014-07-03 14:02:31 CEST 
Reading from:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/acx1xx


<quote>
There is legal controversy surrounding the development of this driver, see the wireless mailing list for more information. Until that is cleared, we suggest to not use or download this driver. 
</quote>

So for now its a no-go for inclusion

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX

Comment 2 kalagani kalagani 2014-07-03 15:53:23 CEST 
Hello Thomas,

are you sure controversy is also about the git
http://sourceforge.net/p/acx100/acx-mac80211/ci/master/tree/
and not only about the original?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/acx100/#Kernel_inclusion
kalagani kalagani 2014-07-03 15:54:07 CEST

Summary: Missing driver/firmwaire for wireless USB/card embedding ACX100, ACX111 or TNETW1450 chipsets from Texas Instrument => Missing driver/firmware for wireless USB/card embedding ACX100, ACX111 or TNETW1450 chipsets from Texas Instrument

Comment 3 Thomas Backlund 2014-07-03 16:17:20 CEST 
The original code with the controversy was around 2004-2006,

Last comment I have found regarding new code is from October 2012:

http://sourceforge.net/p/acx100/mailman/message/29984558/

wich states:

<quote>
The clarification of the legal question is currently still an ongoing
project and within this context also contacts to TI have been
established. Until now however there no consolidated status yet, but it
will be followed up.
</quote>

So unless someone can point me to some more recent info about this,
it's still a no-go, sorry about that :/