From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422885AbXBAN7J (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Feb 2007 08:59:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422893AbXBAN7J (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Feb 2007 08:59:09 -0500 Received: from dtp.xs4all.nl ([80.126.206.180]:52607 "HELO abra2.bitwizard.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1422885AbXBAN7H (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Feb 2007 08:59:07 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 14:59:03 +0100 From: Erik Mouw To: Lennart Sorensen Cc: Jeff Garzik , Roland Dreier , Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Free Linux Driver Development! Message-ID: <20070201135903.GE29212@harddisk-recovery.com> References: <20070130012904.GA9617@kroah.com> <20070130191020.GF20642@kroah.com> <45BFA087.6020905@garzik.org> <20070130214759.GA12477@kroah.com> <45BFC2CF.8010603@garzik.org> <20070130222344.GF7584@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070130222344.GF7584@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Organization: Harddisk-recovery.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 05:23:44PM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 05:12:31PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > You mean the bcm43xx wireless driver that's been upstream for months? > > And seems to do 802.11b only and screw up the eeprom settings so that > the windows driver gets confused next time you boot windows. Lovely > driver. I can't remember that kind of corruption ever being reported to the bcm43xx-dev mailing list. > If the bios on the laptop in question would let me change the > minipci card I would. To something with a ralink on it. You could use a CardBus or USB card. > Seems the ralink driver maintainers are doing a lot of the work on the > core wifi infastructure too. Lots of work beyond just the driver then. So are the bcm43xx maintainers. Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands