On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 06:22:49PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > Isn't the usual problem with wireless that the drivers for most cards must > > be built from source because they aren't in the standard kernel? Are we > > going to try to provide binary modules? > > Between orinoco and orinoco_pci and a few others, the kernel actually > has reasonably good coverage. linux-wlan-ng only supports a few oddball > adaptors, and some USB ones that arn't supported by the stock kernel. > hostap doesn't support much not in the stock kernel either. Of course > this ignores all the newer stuff that has only binary module support.
OK, I'll take your word for it. I only have experience with two wireless adapters, and both of them required third-party drivers (linux-wlan-ng for a prism-based PCMCIA card whose model I don't recall, and madwifi for a Netgear PCI card). -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
