Re: Which Kernel for Airport Support?
- To: Eric Gaumer <gaumerel@ecs.fullerton.edu>
- Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Which Kernel for Airport Support?
- From: Dean Hamstead <dean@bong.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 14:53:47 +1100
- Message-id: <[🔎] 422538CB.8080504@bong.com.au>
- In-reply-to: <421F57EA.7000703@ecs.fullerton.edu>
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right? I'm not happy with nvida's proprietary drivers but in my eyes
they are better than
nothing if you need 3D. Even if Broadcom produces proprietary drivers,
it would be a step
forward in my opinion. I know we are a small market (Linux PPC users)
but I still can't
imagine they would pass up the chance to help even if just for the
publicity.
If you think it's worth a try and you're a prominent figure in the
community then contact me
off list. I don't think it's appropriate to post this info in a public
forum.
the great thing about the original airport card is that is used in
every piece of mac hardware in that era. imac, powermac, powerpc, ibook
etc etc. so it enabled use on a huge range of hardware.
considering how much squiriming there is to find an alternative
surely broadcom would cut its competitors out for the sake of it
i have some grief with the airport driver (ie lack of scanning etc)
but ive still transfered probably terrabytes by now worth of data
through it.
Dean
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