2.6.22 kernel and WiFi

[Karl Larsen]

Mark Haney wrote:
> Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>   
>> Mark Haney writes:
>>
>>     
>>> Here's my question, how will the .22 kernel work with an old driver
>>> setup?  Will I still be able to use my broadcom/ndiswrapper combo until
>>> the new driver is available, or should I just avoid the .22 kernel until
>>> the driver support is better?
>>>       
>> Unfortuntely, no kernel developer gives a friggin hoot about
>> ndiswrapper. If it's broken, nobody will really care about it. Sorry.
>>
>>     
>>> I've read that Fedora and Ubuntu already are using the new driver models
>>> (or something along those lines) so what's been the experience so far?
>>>       
>> I've done my homework, and use hardware that's supported by native Linux
>> drivers (Centrino). Since there has not been a .22 kernel errata update
>> for F7, yet, I haven't yet installed it, but, I have no reasons to
>> expect any problems with wireless, when I do.
>>
>> Such are the benefits of using Linux drivers with Linux, instead of
>> Windows drivers with Linux.
>>
>>     
>
> You know, replies like this really irritate me. Not only do they not
> answer the question, you get a nice little 'lecture' on 'linux for
> linux'.  Let me see if I can set things straight.  I had NO CHOICE in
> laptops.  I got what I was given by the company.  I CHOSE to run linux
> on it since I detest windows and refuse to buy tools when open source
> options are better.  Therefore I was unable to do any 'homework'.
>
> Therefore, your comments mean bupkiss to me and probably a lot of other
> people.  They are not helpful and shouldn't waste my bandwidth having to
> view them.
>
>
>   
Hi Mark. I am writing a paper about getting WiFi to work on Linux. Are 
you certain there is no Linux software package for your laptop. Do you 
know who made the WiFi hardware in your laptop? Have you been to the web 
page with all the data?

Karl