Re: ipw3945 packaging

[Arjan van de Ven <arjan fenrus demon nl>]

On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 18:07 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 12:00:16PM -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 17:58 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
> > > On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 11:08:27AM -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> > > > The answer as always for drivers in the main kernel package is "get it
> > > > upstream".  And for better or worse, I think that the regulatory daemon
> > > > is likely to be a big sticking point for the driver going upstream :(
> > > 
> > > It sounded like this was more liked than the firmware approach.
> > 
> > By who?  I read exactly the opposite :)
> 
> I read an article by thl on heise.de (in german), where it was
> supposed to be considered better that propriatry kernel stuff
> or. Maybe I should check the original tone.

proprietary kernel stuff != firmware :)