From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267879AbUHUVJ7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:09:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267877AbUHUVHY (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:07:24 -0400 Received: from dvmwest.gt.owl.de ([62.52.24.140]:6376 "EHLO dvmwest.gt.owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267882AbUHUVGK (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:06:10 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 23:06:06 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: Wakko Warner Cc: Lee Revell , linux-kernel Subject: Re: Linux Incompatibility List Message-ID: <20040821210606.GA18334@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: Wakko Warner , Lee Revell , linux-kernel References: <87r7q0th2n.fsf@dedasys.com> <20040821201632.GA7622@digitasaru.net> <20040821202058.GA9218@animx.eu.org> <1093120274.854.145.camel@krustophenia.net> <20040821205157.GA9300@animx.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040821205157.GA9300@animx.eu.org> X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.6.8-rc4 X-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB X-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2004-08-21 16:51:57 -0400, Wakko Warner wrote in message <20040821205157.GA9300@animx.eu.org>: > > Nvidia. AFAIK all nvidia Linux drivers are either binary-only or > > reverse-engineered. >=20 > True, however, their video cards *DO* work on linux (even though it is > binary-only). I have a laptop that has the chip. Does any broadcom > wireless chip work on linux (ndis wrapper or that piece of junk from > linuxant doesn't count) Right, binary-only drivers and/or GPLed/OSS drivers should be counted separately. Think about AVM's ISDN cards (very popular over here in Germany, but the newer products require a CAPI-only binary-only driver:-( MfG, JBG --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 = _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg = _ _ O fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=FCrger" | im Internet! | im Irak! = O O O ret =3D do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA)= ); --M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBJ7k+Hb1edYOZ4bsRApAQAJ0dzxBOF2sRqRlPNyMFEvk2PjuMngCeKAIe es1N2Ola+Pg9iKwdX5RRamc= =CHKi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO--