Re: status of up2date and rhn-applet

[Jeremy Katz <katzj redhat com>]

On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 16:44 +0100, Rudolf Kastl wrote:
> 30 Nov 2005 11:18:03 +0100, Benny Amorsen <benny+usenet amorsen dk>:
> > >>>>> "sv" == seth vidal <skvidal phy duke edu> writes:
> > sv> Well, to be clear ipw2200 is just firmware - the module is in the
> > sv> kernel package.
> >
> > The 1.0.0 module is in the kernel package. No WPA, and horribly buggy.
> > ATrpms has 1.0.8.
> 
> i agree... upgrading the ipw2200 module would make it alot more useable.
> actually yet i just rolled my own cause for my laptop the currently
> shipped version is unacceptable.

The way to get modules upgraded is to get them upgraded upstream.

Luckily, in this case, 2.6.15-rc .already seems to contain 1.1.3 :)

Jeremy