Re: [gentoo-dev] Wireless driver / firmware ebuilds wireless-tools

2005-05-24 Thread Allen Parker
On 5/23/05, Stroller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a snipsnipsnipsnipsnip But in any case, the functionality contained in wpa_supplicant covers my arguments, and I apologise for not being aware of it. Stroller Since you were the only person that is not a gentoo dev to post on this topic, I

Re: [gentoo-dev] Wireless driver / firmware ebuilds wireless-tools

2005-05-23 Thread Roy Marples
On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 09:25 +0100, Stroller wrote: What's the difference between wpa_supplicant wireless-tools, then? Both do the same job - provide the tools to configure your wireless card. wpa_supplicant is a daemon that runs in the background and when it associates with an AP in your list

Re: [gentoo-dev] Wireless driver / firmware ebuilds wireless-tools

2005-05-23 Thread Stroller
On May 23, 2005, at 11:04 am, Roy Marples wrote: On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 09:25 +0100, Stroller wrote: What's the difference between wpa_supplicant wireless-tools, then? Both do the same job - provide the tools to configure your wireless card. wpa_supplicant is a daemon that runs in the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Wireless driver / firmware ebuilds wireless-tools

2005-05-21 Thread Roy Marples
On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 05:06 +0100, Stroller wrote: - as I understand it: wireless-tools to actually configure the SSID, WEP key wpa_supplicant can do this as well which makes wireless-tools optional Roy -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] Wireless driver / firmware ebuilds wireless-tools

2005-05-21 Thread Stroller
On May 21, 2005, at 6:25 am, Doug Goldstein wrote: Stroller wrote: Hi, . far to long. Yeah, sorry... I've always been pedantic. It's a real hard habit to shift. In summary and simple conclusion, yes you are wrong. So that makes 2 out of the 4 or 5 active Mobile

Re: [gentoo-dev] Wireless driver / firmware ebuilds wireless-tools

2005-05-21 Thread Stroller
On May 21, 2005, at 8:47 am, Roy Marples wrote: On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 05:06 +0100, Stroller wrote: - as I understand it: wireless-tools to actually configure the SSID, WEP key wpa_supplicant can do this as well which makes wireless-tools optional Ah, expletive! Please excuse my last

Re: [gentoo-dev] Wireless driver / firmware ebuilds wireless-tools

2005-05-20 Thread Doug Goldstein
Stroller wrote: Hi, . far to long. Stroller. In summary and simple conclusion, yes you are wrong. So that makes 2 out of the 4 or 5 active Mobile herd devs who say you're wrong. brix is 100% correct. Let me give you an explaination The firmware itself does