Re: debian-installer help wanted
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).
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- mdz
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