--On Friday, October 24, 2003 16:26:02 -0400 David Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 2003-10-24 at 15:52:39, Tom Syroid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:* I have the ORINOCO and ORINOCO-CS drivers comiled as modules (in my prior gentoo-2.4.20-r5 install, the card worked fine with the PCMCIA-CS sources and the ORINOCO_CS driver so I'm using this as a starting point). * I can load the YENTA module manually, and the sockets are recognized -- no errors. * The ORINOCO and ORINOCO_CS modules load without error. * If I try to start net.eth0, I get a failure error.
Why not use the linux-wlan-ng stuff?
Two reasons:
1. Last time I use the wlan drivers, it was a horrendous fight to configuration everything and KEEP it configured (aka WTFs in the night).
2. I firmly believe in KISS. Why add another level of driver if there's a driver already installed that works? Er, or -should- theoretically work ;-) As noted, I had the ORINOCO drivers running swell under the gentoo-2.4.20-r5 kernel; should work under the 2.6.0 kernel.
Having said that, if anyone can atest to their functionality under my current setup, I'll give 'em a go. I'm not opposed to functionality, just unnecessarily complex functionality. Unnecessarily complex functionality -will- break one day.
Best, /tom
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