On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 08:11:58AM +0200, Pedro Macanas wrote: > We could create generic drivers, so when a class of hardware is found, it > can be loaded by default . Later, the user can install a customized driver > or customize the generic driver. I'm confused, what kind of "generic driver" that would work with hardware does Linux currently lack? I know of one type of "UNDI" driver that might work for some networking devices, but other than that, this will not really work at all. Other than that, what specifically are you referring to here? > One can help downstream to create more easy to use driver handlers. I.e. my > Ubuntu 7.10 box detects my Huawei E220, but it is difficult to handle it to > connect to the Internet (i.e. it detects three devices) That's because it really has 3 devices in it :) Latest version of networkmanager handles devices like this quite well. > > 3) Wireless device support > > (this includes USB cell modems and mobile phone bultin modems). No, those are quite different, and work very well so far. If you know of any devices that do not work in this area, please let me know, as I've been working with these companies to solve this issue. thanks, greg k-h
