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Sure, but like 5 open source drivers is better than one proprietary driver that works, so that math gets complicated pretty fast. For a while you could actuall
by traverseda 4y ago
Sure, but like 5 open source drivers is better than one proprietary driver that works, so that math gets complicated pretty fast.
For a while you could actually use windows USB wifi drivers (Ndiswrapper) under linux, but it turned out to be unnecessary eventually.
- Nextgrid 4y agoIt's ironic that the Windows system of stable ABI is the reason NDISWrapper was feasible in the first place.
- traverseda 4y agoNot ironic, kind of the point. If we cared all that much in the linux world about a stable driver ABI we could literally just implement the windows one, like reactos did.
- TheLoafOfBread 4y ago1 working proprietary driver is better than 5 half-assed open source drivers
- traverseda 4y agoYou see my thought is that a lot of proprietary drivers end up being half assed, and kernal code tends to be pretty good. Your mileage may vary though.
- TheLoafOfBread 4y agoMaking any changes in a code of a driver without driven device is a recipe for a disaster. You have no way how to verify that change you made did not affected functionality of the device.