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On Friday, 22. December. 2006 01:36, you wrote: |
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> Hi Christian. |
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> * On Dec 21 0:42, Christian Heim (gentoo-dev@l.g.o) wrote: |
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> > net-wireless/ipw2100 and net-wireless/ipw2200 are both kernel drivers |
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> > built as an external package through portage. The codebase currently in |
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> > portage is the same that is present in any up-to-date kernel tarball |
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> > (2.6.x). |
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> > For this reason I am suggesting, everyone migrates to the in-kernel |
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> > drivers. |
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> Have you gotten any kind of a response to this yet? I personally use |
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> net-wireless/ipw2200 and would not be happy to see it removed. |
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No I haven't gotten any response to this. Only thing I heard was the question |
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if 2.4 users might be dazzled by this. You're the first one. |
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> The package makes it easier to maintain updated wireless drivers, as the |
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> kernel can often be behind the current release. Kernel releases can be |
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> some time apart, and point releases do not often incorporate new |
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> third-party drivers. Consider how long you might have to wait for a bug |
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> fix for your wireless if a kernel had just been released. Also, it |
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> removes the need to recompile the kernel when new ipw drivers are |
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> released. |
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Usually you don't have to wait *that* long. And point is, the current upstream |
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development (ipw2?00.sf.net) is nearly halted, thus bugs get fixed in the |
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kernel at the same time they get fixed in ipw2?00. Point with this removal is |
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to remove another package, that is eating up my time. As I don't have the |
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interest to maintain it anymore (and the in-kernel drivers work without any |
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problems) and also nobody else showed interest in this package, I went ahead |
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and announced its removal. |
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> Furthermore, many users have a much easier time using the |
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> externally-built module than the in-kernel drivers. I, personally, found |
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> it to "just work" whereas the kernel drivers would not work without lots |
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> of troubleshooting. |
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I haven't been in this situation, and I've never seen any complaints (neither |
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via mail nor bugzilla), so I have to take the point that there are no |
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problems (remember, I can only fix stuff I know of). I'm really sorry if that |
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complicates your life more than usual (;)). |
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Sincerely, |
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Christian Heim |
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Christian Heim <phreak at gentoo.org> |
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