Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262593AbUCJMgD (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Mar 2004 07:36:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262596AbUCJMgC (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Mar 2004 07:36:02 -0500 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:62129 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262593AbUCJMfx (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Mar 2004 07:35:53 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:35:51 +0100 From: bert hubert To: vda Cc: Dax Kelson , James Ketrenos , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Announce] Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 802.11b driver Message-ID: <20040310123551.GA28682@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , vda , Dax Kelson , James Ketrenos , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <404E27E6.40200@linux.co.intel.com> <1078866774.2925.15.camel@mentor.gurulabs.com> <200403101015.19506.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200403101015.19506.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 709 Lines: 16 On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 10:15:19AM +0200, vda wrote: > What's so cool about having binary firmware? Bugs are bugs, There will always be firmware. Quite often you are lucky enough not to see it, but in this case you do. If the card had persistent storage, we'd have the same thing and you'd call this 'flashing'. -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO - 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/