From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264252AbTKTDeZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:34:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264254AbTKTDeZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:34:25 -0500 Received: from palrel13.hp.com ([156.153.255.238]:58251 "EHLO palrel13.hp.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264252AbTKTDeX (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:34:23 -0500 Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:34:22 -0800 To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Linux kernel mailing list , Pontus Fuchs Subject: Re: Announce: ndiswrapper Message-ID: <20031120033422.GA8674@bougret.hpl.hp.com> Reply-To: jt@hpl.hp.com References: <20031120031137.GA8465@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <3FBC3483.4060706@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FBC3483.4060706@pobox.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Organisation: HP Labs Palo Alto Address: HP Labs, 1U-17, 1501 Page Mill road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. E-mail: jt@hpl.hp.com From: Jean Tourrilhes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 10:26:59PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Jean Tourrilhes wrote: > >Jeff Garzik wrote : > >>Then help us reverse engineer the driver :) > > > > > Even better : > > 1) go to the Wireless LAN Howto > > 2) find a card are supported under Linux that suit your needs > > 3) buy this card > > I don't see the point of giving our money to vendors that > >don't care about us when there are vendors making a real effort toward > >us. > > > Unfortunately that leaves users without support for any recent wireless > hardware. Excuse me ? Have you looked at the Howto lately ? There is only Broadcom and Intel which are not supported, which leaves plenty of choice (including many 802.11g and 802.11a cards). > It gets more and more difficult to even find Linux-supported > wireless at Fry's and other retail locations... If you are careful, you can even buy at Fry's. I bought recently some Microsoft cards ;-) > Jeff Jean