Quest for linux supported Wireless

[Rick Stevens]

Rick Stevens wrote:
> Vladimir G. Ivanovic wrote:
> 
>> Some corrections:
>> 1. Not all D-Link cards use TI chips. Mine (DWL-G650 B3) uses an Atheros
>>    AR5212 a/b/g chip.
> 
> 
> Yes, they've started using other chipsets, but the first 802.11g stuff
> was all TI.  A lot of their later 802.11b was also TI.
> 
>> 2. Not all chip makers are bozo's.
> 
> 
> I didn't intend to infer that they were.  I meant those manufacturers
> that will not release interface specs of their chips to the open source
> community are, at the very least, short-sighted and cut themselves off
> from a fairly large market share.  This is not limited to WiFi makers,
> but to many others (display adaptors, for example).
> 
> I understand about the WiFi frequency issue with the FCC and there are
> parts of the API that may have to be distributed in binary, but that
> bit should a) validate its input parameters, b) the API should be
> published.  If you write API code that does not validate its input
> parameters, you're not doing your job.
> 
> As an aside, I don't wish to be pedantic but the plural of "bozo" is
> "bozos".  One of my pet peeves is seeing people use "'s" for plurals.
> "'s" denotes a possessive form of a noun or pronoun or a contraction of
> a word and "is"--it does NOT indicate plurality:

That should be:

	...a word and "is" or "has"...

Of course, "has" can be posessive, too, so I suppose I'm being
redundant.

See?  I even correct myself.
<Rick's kicking Rick's own arse!>
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