The same reason almost all code in linux or the entire open source world says that or something like it somewhere.
It just means no one is making any promises that you can sue over. Every single line of free volunteer code always comes under a warranty that reads "This will definitely kill your cat. Don't use it." Also simply because it was literally true on the first day 20 years ago, and no one had any special reason to change it later. On Dec 23, 2017 2:26 AM, "Peter Vollan" <[email protected]> wrote: > Then why does dmesg say that the driver is only for testing and one > off purposes? > > > On 22 December 2017 at 16:17, Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: > > These drivers are decades old and standard heavily used and tested and > > common to all distributions. If a /dev/ttyUSB* exists at all, then udev > did > > everything and you're done thinking about drivers. > > > > If you have more than one usb adapter from different manufacturers, and > > they're both unreliable, then it's not the adapters either. > > > > The dlplus application software is solid. Both teeny and ts-dos are > solid. > > > > It's the serial cable or the m100, and the serial cable is easy to > eliminate > > with a multimeter. > > > > On Dec 22, 2017 3:28 PM, "John R. Hogerhuis" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 10:44 AM Peter Vollan <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> So far, "dmesg" has always said that I am using the generic driver, > >>> "only for testing and one off purposes". And I have already gone into > >>> Synaptic and downloaded everything that looked promising. > >> > >> > >> Kernel drivers don’t come from synaptic. They come with the kernel. > Unless > >> you have a custom kernel I can’t imagine why it wouldn’t have been > compiled > >> with prolific and Ftdi drivers which are the common converters. > >> > >> But if they were missing (on my Mint system prolific was there from > >> install at least) you would need to build or reinstall a kernel. > >> > >> — John. >
