On Sun, 17 May 2009 09:47:04 +0100 Jon Fairbairn <jon.fairbairn@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ugh. But Microsoft make the de-facto standards after all :-( > -- for a view that's illuminating, if depressing and > annoying to those of us who think there's a point to > compatibility, watch the talk Butler Lampson gave for Roger > Needham's 50+5 presentation > <http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/cambridge/events/needhambook/videos/1032/head.wmv> > (list of talks is at > <http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/cambridge/events/needhambook/videos/default.htm>) Haven't used Windows seriously in over a decade, but as far as WiFi drivers I think there is no standards. Windows drivers are just like the vendor drivers for Linux: everyone is doing their own thing. AFAIK only Linux has a framework for WiFi drivers and it should be praised for that as it makes WiFi configuration so much more consistent (and therefore easier) for the user. > > I am awaiting a patch from Alexandre which will add that same behavior > > to rt2x00. > > That would be great, thanks! Yes that would be great indeed, no more patching hostapd, but there should be a warning about the fragile nature of this. -- Christoph .J Thompson <cjsthompson@xxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
