Re: Linux Incompatibility List

[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

On Sat, 2004-08-21 16:51:57 -0400, Wakko Warner <wakko@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message <20040821205157.GA9300@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > Nvidia.  AFAIK all nvidia Linux drivers are either binary-only or
> > reverse-engineered.
> 
> 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

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