On Thursday 15 November 2007, G T Smith wrote: > Dave Howorth wrote: > > It's late and I'm probably confused but if there's a driver for one > > Linux version doesn't it work for all? GPL and all that. Or at least > > ABI compatibility. > > > > Curiously, Dave > > I would suspect the modules concerned to be closed source and compiled > against particular versions of the libraries with particular versions of > compiler. And we have all come across the situation of library or > compiler mismatch that means that something will not work even it it is > using the same API. >
The source s available, but are new that they're apparently only in the development versions of the drivers, they just haven't been released yet. It's a bit of a buzz to look in the manual for a new laptop and see the GPL in all its glory :-) Then to boot straight from the box into Linux... John. -- Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
