Q: Why is linux-wlan-ng not an ordinary part of the kernel?

[Mariano Kamp <mkamp@gmx.de>]

Hi,
 
  I believe to have a prism wlan card in my notebook and while digging around 
what to do I came to the conclusion that I need a module, which is in 
linx-wlan-ng?!

  It is a kernel module and part of the official debian distro, isn't it? My 
expectation had been to see this turn up in menuconfig, but it doesn't. There 
also isn't a precompiled module for the current 2.4.22 kernel in the 
repository.

  Is there any particular reason for this or is it just, that the module 
somehow is prevented from becoming a *first class* citizen of the kernel?

  Just wondering...

Cheers,
Mariano