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linux-source-2.6.17 package

  1. Bug #66909
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 66909

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Patrick Wijnings (dutchr-pw) wrote :

I have tested under hardy alpha 5, and the firmware is still missing.

I have also tried to find under what license the firmware is released. The driver is licensed under the MPL / GPL, but the source for the firmware seems to be missing. The driver was originally written by Sweex, so that's probably where the firmware comes from. This would mean the firmware can be distributed "as-is" (http://gentoo-wiki.com/As-is).

Distributions that already include the firmware, are:
 - Gentoo (http://www.gentooportage.info/portage/net-wireless/zd1201-firmware.html) (eBuild - "as-is")
 - Mandriva (ftp://bo.mirror.garr.it/pub/mirrors/Mandrake/official/current/SRPMS/non-free/release/) (RPM - "as-is")
 - Kanotix (http://kanotix.com/files/debian/pool/non-free/z/zd1201-firmware/) and other Kanotix-based distributions like Parsix and Sidux (deb - MPL/GPL, but in non-free)

The Kanotix package seems to be clean, but I can repackage it if needed.

I'd really like to at least get the package in multiverse for hardy, as that will be the next LTS release.