Re: Linux Drivers, The Kernel, and a Driver List

[Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>]

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:

> Some of the truly annoying problems crop up when you have
> BarWidget 175t manufactured before some date using chipsets from company
> C and BarWidget 175t manufactured after a certain date using chipsets
> from company D, but there is no change in model number.

Users of the router-based Linux distribution got this nasty surprise with
the Linksys DD-WRT54G.  Through version 4 this wasn't a bad model.  Version
5 changed the chipset to a 2MB Flash and 4MB of memory, which turned out to
be inadequate for even the VxWorks software that ships on the DD-WRT54G v5
and newer.  What was known as the G before version 5 ended up becoming the
DD-WRTGL...