Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932090AbWE1Hpf (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2006 03:45:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932086AbWE1Hpf (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2006 03:45:35 -0400 Received: from 1in1.de ([85.214.39.241]:35000 "EHLO 1in1.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932079AbWE1Hpe (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2006 03:45:34 -0400 Message-ID: <44795515.90301@1in1.de> Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 09:45:25 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jens_G=F6tze?= MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pavel Machek CC: Marc Perkel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux and Wireless USB Adaptor References: <44793F44.1040603@perkel.com> <447946F8.9090407@1in1.de> <20060528072140.GB4108@ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: <20060528072140.GB4108@ucw.cz> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 OpenPGP: id=DA519E6B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam: no X-note: out-remsmtp Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1068 Lines: 29 Hello Pavel, 'nice' is everything what works fine as a solution. Therefore, I would say that the ndiswrapper is nice, if the case is that no Linux Driver is available. And if you have no time or the knowledge (programming or chip set information) to implement a driver by your own, then is the ndiswrapper a good solution. Yes, the design is not the best, but it works or not?! ;-) Regards, Jens Pavel Machek wrote: > On Sun 28-05-06 08:45:12, Jens G?tze wrote: >> Hello Marc, >> >> I would try ndiswrapper (http://ndiswrapper.sf.net), because it is the >> easiest way to run a USB Wireless LAN adapter. The ndiswrapper is a nice >> driver, which allows to run Windows NDIS Driver under Linux. Therefore, > > For some very obscure definition of 'nice'... > > Avoid ndiswrapper, it is broken by design. > Pavel - 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/