Re: [Sheflug] Network card installation

["Alex Hudson" <nospam [at] alexhudson.com>]

> > To be honest, I would guess that LinkSys are using the latest driver, I
>
> Guess. They probably are not up to dat ewith current kernel intefaces.

Why would they be? Nobody's using 2.4, and they don't need to develop a
driver for it.

> But if it isn't in the main tree, why not?

B'cos Linus and Don Becker don't get on.

> The whole idea of open source is you contribute your changes. Linus isn't
> a search engine that automatically finds new drivers.

See above answer...

> If they aren't submitted there is NO guarantee they will work.

. and if they are? The tulip driver has sucked for years. Stuff in the
kernel tree doesn't automatically become 'good'. It has implications for the
future development of the software, yes, but doesn't say much about it's
current state.

>And chances are the 2.4.0-test kernel will be the latest version.

I would guess that would be the case, 2.4 > 2.2 and all that. But the 2.4
driver requires 2.3.50 minimum. So what do you do on a 2.2 machine?

Cheers,

Alex.


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