From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932378AbVLHVK2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2005 16:10:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932389AbVLHVK1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2005 16:10:27 -0500 Received: from spirit.analogic.com ([204.178.40.4]:35593 "EHLO spirit.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932378AbVLHVKY convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2005 16:10:24 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 In-Reply-To: <200512081932.jB8JWkfN020116@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Dec 2005 21:10:18.0873 (UTC) FILETIME=[CAFC4E90:01C5FC3B] Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 16:10:13 -0500 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario Thread-Index: AcX8O8sYg2Y2Dd03TGKfnM8iUOZWJg== References: <200512081932.jB8JWkfN020116@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl> From: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" To: "Horst von Brand" Cc: "Kasper Sandberg" , "Nicolas Mailhot" , Reply-To: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, Horst von Brand wrote: > Kasper Sandberg wrote: > > [...] > >> i disagree, you make it sound like it takes weeks of effort to find out >> which stuff works on linux, and that basically you have to be lucky to >> find it at all... > >> basically the only thing that doesent work (i dont count binary-only >> solutions working) is nvidia and ati. > > Count several WiFi cards into it too. Perhaps very-high-end stuff. > > And what doesn't work well on Linux in "normal PCs" (rock-bottom priced > stuff, mostly) doesn't work well at all, period. > -- > Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org > Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 > Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 > Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 Talk about rock-bottom stuff, does anybody know if I can build a file-system on a CompactFlash card that plugs into a USB adapter from Linux (like those marketed by Kodak) ?? Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.6.13.4 on an i686 machine (5589.55 BogoMips). Warning : 98.36% of all statistics are fiction. . **************************************************************** The information transmitted in this message is confidential and may be privileged. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Analogic Corporation immediately - by replying to this message or by sending an email to DeliveryErrors@analogic.com - and destroy all copies of this information, including any attachments, without reading or disclosing them. Thank you.