> apparently do use the driver CD thing to send Linux drivers and software > to a few clients. But by and large, the driver CD is completely > useless. And then every so often you need to rummage around the driver CD image to extract the APN or other data you need to make your modem work. At which point you end up having to recompile the kernel to get it. Very annoying given it could be trivially done properly in user space. HAL probably needs the database of these devices *not* the kernel. -- 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