How does a driver stop working??? was Re: 2.6.22.1-27 and no wireless (3945)
stan
stanl at cox.net
Sun Jul 22 13:52:18 UTC 2007
On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:20:59 -0500
Steven Stern <subscribed-lists at sterndata.com> wrote:
> I crossed my fingers, shut down and restarted. Unfortunately, that
> didn't do it. Network Manager is not showing a wireless card.
>
> I'm using the drivers that ship with F7 and work with the earlier
> kernel.
>
This has got to be one of the most frustrating things associated with
Linux. Like going 3 feet forward and slipping 2 feet back.
How does this happen? Obviously the driver and the hardware
interacted correctly previously. Is it that the interface for the
driver changed? Is it a lack of testing/testers? Is it lack of
consideration from the kernel developers? What could be done to stop it
from occurring? I'm curious.
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