Messages in this thread | | | From | Daniel Hazelton <> | Subject | Re: x86: 4kstacks default | Date | Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:21:10 -0400 |
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On Wednesday 23 April 2008 01:03:11 Denys Vlasenko wrote: > On Tuesday 22 April 2008 20:20, Romano Giannetti wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 11:44 -0400, Daniel Hazelton wrote: > > > Since the second-most-common reason for stack overages is > > > ndiswrapper... Well, with there being so much more hardware now > > > supported directly by the linux kernel... > > > > How would I like you being right... Atheros AR5008, AR5414 PHY, "not yet > > here". It's almost one year now since I bought this laptop, and till now > > it's the cable or ndiswrapper. But yes, it's going better. For my first > > wifi laptop I waited two and a half years, now it seems that in a bit > > more than one there will be an open source driver... > > > > I know all the trouble ndiswrapper signify. But I see also that people > > around me with a laptop and linux use more ndiswrapper than a real > > driver, so... be gentle with it. > > Nobody knows how much potential development is not done because > "you can make your wifi work with ndiswrapper".
I've got to agree with that sentiment. Once a working solution is found, no matter how crappy, it seems that almost all development stops.
DRH
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