Can HPNA 2.0 cards be used in Linux?

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[turbo__]

The only hpna card that I know of that works in linux is based off the amd chipset. It is found in the diamond 1Mbs hpna I am not sure if the 10 Mbs version of the card will work in linux. Anyway about it... you need to recompile the pcnet32 driver in order to use it with hpna cards in the 2.4 kernel.

 

[skriefal]

I've been checking into this occasionally, and the current answer is "no." The major (only?) manufacturer of HPNA 2.0 chips is Broadcom, and they refuse to release the information needed for creation of an open source driver. They're supposedly working on a binary-only Linux driver, but no one seems to know when it'll be available. And also, since it'll be binary-only they could decide to drop support for it at any time.

I won't be buying any of their products unless they release source, or sufficient information to allow someone else to write an open source driver.