On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 21:51, Erik Espinoza wrote: > Linus has taken the stance that binary drivers are NOT the priority in > the development of the Linux kernel. I believe Fedora feels the same > way and although ndiswrapper is not a binary driver in itself, the > ndis drivers it loads from Windows are. The same goes for nVidia, who > has put out a really quality driver, but hasn't updated it for FC2. > > In addition Linuxant puts out a kernel that works fine with > ndiswrapper and nVidia available for download for free at: > www.linuxant.com/driverloader/wlan/full/downloads-fc2-kernel-i686.php > > Moral of the story, when nVidia decided to release a binary driver it > came with the understanding that they would make updates since we > don't have the source in order to be able to ourselves. We can't let a > few companies dictate how we move forward, especially when we are > buying customers. With that said, apply pressure. Inquire with nVidia. > Ask for a timeline as an nVidia customer. Let your voice be heard to > the people who can do something about it, or download the linuxant > kernels and get up and going today. > > Erik > I have downloaded the linuxant kernels and installed them. The nVidia drivers and ndiswrapper work after a fashion. However, I just discovered that the sound drivers in FC2 no longer work as well. As much as I would like to reap the benefits of the 2.6 kernel, heigh-ho heigh-ho it's back to FC1 I go. Or maybe I'll try Mandrake. Thanks for your time. > > On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 21:35:52 -0400, Steve Brenneis <sbrenneis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 19:37, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote: > > > On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 19:03 -0400, Steve Brenneis wrote: > > > > I searched the archives of the list for discussion on this topic and > > > > couldn't find anything. Can anyone tell me why the Fedora 2.6 kernels > > > > are configured for 4K stacks? This breaks a wide variety of device > > > > drivers including the bundled firewire driver, linuxant Broadcom driver > > > > loader, and the nVidia graphics driver. > > > > > > It's been discussed at length. Basically, if the drivers were Free > > > Software, they would likely have been customized to work with a 4K stack > > > long ago. > > > > > > Apparently, much sooner than NVIDIA plans to support us. > > > > > > > Is there a plan to correct this? Should I file a bug? > > > > > > File a bug with NVIDIA (if they even allow you to) :). > > > > > > Rui > > > > That would be fine if nVidia was the only problem. However, as I said > > above, the firewire driver that comes bundled with FC2 does not work > > with this kernel nor do the ndiswrapper or linuxant driverloader > > packages for the Broadcom wireless drivers. > > > > I understand the desire for efficiency, but efficiency doesn't do users > > much good if their devices don't work. > > > > OT - I searched the fedora-devel-list archives using "stack" and got a > > total of three hits, none of which was on this topic. Apparently the > > search engine leaves something to be desired. > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > -- > > > fedora-devel-list mailing list > > > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > > -- > > Steve Brenneis <sbrenneis@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > -- > > fedora-devel-list mailing list > > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > > -- Steve Brenneis <sbrenneis@xxxxxxxxx>
