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racoq
May 5th, 2006, 01:43 PM
Full Story at:

http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=33057
Gannin
May 5th, 2006, 01:48 PM
Nice.
Engnome
May 5th, 2006, 03:54 PM
Not just nice, very nice!
Dragonfly_X
May 5th, 2006, 04:12 PM
Not just very nice, Brilliant! :D
Virogenesis
May 5th, 2006, 04:14 PM
not just brillant, Superb!...
Gannin
May 5th, 2006, 07:45 PM
Not just superb, exquisite!
red_Marvin
May 5th, 2006, 08:07 PM
Not just Exquisite. Niceverynicesuperbbrilliantexquisite!
Especially since I'll probably be in the market for a laptop soon...
htinn
May 5th, 2006, 08:16 PM
Currently, a version of the Devicescape stack "fixed up for the kernel" by Jiri Benc has been merged into an experimental tree maintained by John Linville, who was recently appointed maintainer of Linux's wireless networking stack, Corbett reports. Several WiFi chipset drivers, including those for Broadcom chipsets requiring a software MAC, have been backported to this experimental stack, and Linville "seems poised to merge this stack for a future kernel release," Corbett writes.

According to Flinchbaugh, a merged Devicescape driver would also immediately offer full support for Atheros chipsets, something long hoped-for by many in the Linux community.

Indeed. Very good news.