Date: 29 Jul 2003 15:50:37 -0500
From: support@ti.com
Subject: RE: GEN, Email Technical Support, focus.ti.com, ACX100 or PCI#8400
To: mcr@sandelman.ca

Michael,

Thank you for contacting the Product Information Center at Texas Instruments. My apologies for the delayed response. Texas Instruments at this time does not have any plans to release a Linux driver (or any other drivers) for this chipset or provide the source code so that others may write drivers. OEM's that manufacture devices based on the ACX100 must sign an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) and abide by the terms of this agreement regarding driver support. TI will continue to monitor inquiries regarding Linux driver requests for the ACX100 and in the future may change its stance on driver support.

Thank You,

Rodney Brown
Texas Instruments
Semiconductor Technical Support
http://www-k.ext.ti.com/sc/technical_support/pic/americas.htm

TI assumes no liability for applications assistance or customer product design. Customer is fully responsible for all design decisions and engineering with regard to its products, including decisions relating to application of TI products. By providing technical information, TI does not intend to offer or provide engineering services or advice concerning Customer's design. If Customer desires engineering services, the Customer should rely on its retained employees and consultants and/or procure engineering services from a licensed professional engineer (LPE).

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-----Original Message-----


From:  mcr@sandelman.ca
Sent:  07/26/03 7:29:49 PM
To:  "support@ti.com" support@ti.com
Subject:  GEN, Email Technical Support, focus.ti.com, ACX100 or PCI#8400

This Email Sent From: Email Technical Support
http://focus.ti.com/docs/apps/catalog/info/info.jhtml?templateId=977&path=templatedata/cm/level1/data/bband_80211_minfo

DATE / TIME (UTC): Sun, 27 Jul 2003 00:29:48 GMT
CUSTOMER'S REGIONAL LOCAL TIME: Sat Jul 26 20:29:48 2003

NAME : Michael  Richardson

                FIRST NAME: Michael
                 LAST NAME: Richardson
                     TITLE: Chief Scientist
                   COMPANY: Sandelman Software Works Corporation
                     EMAIL: mcr@sandelman.ca
                     PHONE: +1 613 276-6809
                       FAX:
                   ADDRESS1: 470 Dawson Avenue
                   ADDRESS2:
                      CITY: Ottawa
                     STATE: On
               POSTAL CODE: K1Z 5V7
                   COUNTRY: Canada
PART NUMBER or DESCRIPTION: ACX100 or PCI#8400
             END EQUIPMENT: Wireless communications
               APPLICATION: open source base station
              DESIGN STAGE: Production
       PRODUCTION QUANTITY:  units/mo


PROBLEM:
D-Link has changed the chip in their PCI cards from Intersil/Prism to TI.
I need to update drivers used in our COTS base stations to use the new chipset.

I am looking for datasheets on this device.
It would have been nice if your search functions permitted me to type in a PCI
vendor ID to look up the product directly. As the D-Link card is sealed, there is
no way for me to identify the device except by PCI #.

see www.wavesec.org for deployment situations.


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