Hi Mac, On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 08:01 +0000, Mac wrote: > feels more > like the relative level of laptop wifi use generally, if the content of > the forums is any guide to a guestimate (not that my track record with > guestimates is very impressive). >
Depends who you ask. Last week at UDS I'd say wifi usage amongst delegates was nearer 90+% > If 10%-15% is about right, I wonder whether it goes some way to > explaining why the kernel developers are, historically, perhaps a bit > less bothered about wifi support: They are? Is it even fair to point the finger at the kernel developers for what is essentially a driver support problem from hardware manufacturers. Many wifi chipset vendors are notoriously bad at providing specifications for their kit to driver authors. > not enough people affected; not a > crippling issue for the kernel. > I'd bet a significant chunk of kernel devs use wifi in some way or other. > Let's hope the open wifi drivers project will make this area a bit > easier. I'd spend more time petitioning the hardware vendors myself. Given they make the hardware, and often write drivers for other operating systems, and of course have access to the specs. They're the best people to solve this issue. Of course the other thing to do is stop buying hardware that isn't supported. One reason I bought the laptop I did is because the wifi is supported out of the box on linux. Cheers, Al.
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