Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263742AbTKXLYZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Nov 2003 06:24:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263760AbTKXLYZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Nov 2003 06:24:25 -0500 Received: from smtp.dei.uc.pt ([193.137.203.228]:64397 "EHLO smtp.dei.uc.pt") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263742AbTKXLYW (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Nov 2003 06:24:22 -0500 Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 11:23:39 +0000 (WET) From: "Marcos D. Marado Torres" To: Andrew Walrond cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Intel centrino drivers being withheld? In-Reply-To: <200311240950.28769.andrew@walrond.org> Message-ID: References: <200311240950.28769.andrew@walrond.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-UC-DEI-MailScanner-Information: Please contact helpdesk@dei.uc.pt for more information X-UC-DEI-MailScanner: Found to be clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2461 Lines: 71 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi there, Well, I own a centrino laptop and that pisses me off too, but hey, they have the power to do that, and I have to hang with this laptop, so... In the meanwhile, we have LinuxAnt who developed a proggie that emulates Windoze drivers to Linux... They say it supports our wireless card, I saw people successfully use it, and many more that can't (as myself). It sure can communicate with the card, so you can give it a try... Hoping that I've someway helped, Mind Booster Noori On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, Andrew Walrond wrote: > Is anybody liasing, asisting or pressuring Intel wrt centrino wireless > drivers? > > It seems to me that it could have been written at least 20 times over during > the time they've supposedly been in development. > > This quote from back in March annoys me somewhat: > > "The Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker is running Linux drivers in its labs, but > whether or not those drivers make it out of the labs depends on customer > demand, said Scott McLaughlin, an Intel spokesman" > > Well, I am demanding, and my patience is running very thin. And Amd look to be > releasing 64bit mobile parts soon, and appear to be very linux friendly. Am I > the only one getting annoyed about this? > > Can anybody put my mind at rest, or suggest reasons why Intel may be reluctant > to release the drivers? > > Andrew Walrond > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - -- ================================================== Marcos Daniel Marado Torres AKA Mind Booster Noori /"\ http://student.dei.uc.pt/~marado \ / marado@student.dei.uc.pt X ASCII Ribbon Campaign / \ against HTML e-mail and Micro$oft attachments ================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQE/wepAmNlq8m+oD34RAgAHAKCynJlvZLdaAchNgeelxIU1+SoatQCgqHkT cN0xwWEBvq46izSvLOTE7WY= =j6NU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/