Luca Berra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 03:39:57PM -0700, Cory Meisch wrote:
> >Hi All,
> > I just migrated laptops to a newer one. (I'll get the model and
> >specifics later, as this is a proto HP). Anyway, it has an 802.11g
> >wireless broadcom based card in it. Drakconnect does not automatically
> >detect it. I will search around for drivers but assuming MDK Cooker
> >doesn't have those yet.
> looking at the announce for linuxant driverloader i believe there is no
> OSS or Free driver for this card
> http://lwn.net/Articles/53452/
> but you can try driverloader
a few remarks:
- it only works for x86
- linuxant claim to vendors that: they do not have anymore to design
drivers for linux or publish datasheet:
"It also allows vendors to drastically reduce time to market
or eliminate the need to support multiple drivers for
Windows and Linux. By using the same driver on both
platforms, significant resources can be saved."
- linuxant try to make money of every linux user by forcing them to
pay a licence from linuxant in order to use their hardware whereas
it's the vendor job to provide support (without any *extra* cost)
yes, it's said to be costly *for now* (as hsf & co drivers were
supposed to be).
just look at what they did for their modem drivers once they get a
position
i do not see any pros in such a trend.
after nvidia and ati, we may see support for new hardware become worse
and worse :-(
