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strredwolf) wrote2006-10-06 08:13 pm
strredwolf) wrote2006-10-06 08:13 pm
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Bought myself a replacement WiFi card, a Netgear WG511T. Unusual card, but it works with the Atheros drivers.
Of course, some of you OSS purists will say "AAAIIIEEE!!! BINARY DRIVERS!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEVIL!" to which I say "So? Nvidia and ATI cards require them. The Atheros driver's built the same way -- compiled shim against the kernel that exposes an API to the binary driver. You have to do the same way if you have a card that's only supported by NDISwrapper. You have to use binary drivers for running Second Life on Nvidia or modern ATI hardware. I don't have a problem with that. I have a problem with you trying to shove your ideals down my throat like religious monks durring the Spanish Inquisition. I'm not intrested in your views of generic policy when dealing with a company that is trying to open their chips up as much as possible but have to comply with local laws. Sod off."
Anyway, I gained HostAP support. Whee!
Of course, some of you OSS purists will say "AAAIIIEEE!!! BINARY DRIVERS!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEVIL!" to which I say "So? Nvidia and ATI cards require them. The Atheros driver's built the same way -- compiled shim against the kernel that exposes an API to the binary driver. You have to do the same way if you have a card that's only supported by NDISwrapper. You have to use binary drivers for running Second Life on Nvidia or modern ATI hardware. I don't have a problem with that. I have a problem with you trying to shove your ideals down my throat like religious monks durring the Spanish Inquisition. I'm not intrested in your views of generic policy when dealing with a company that is trying to open their chips up as much as possible but have to comply with local laws. Sod off."
Anyway, I gained HostAP support. Whee!