On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:27:28 -0400 Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>
>On 09/11/09 10:09 am, Neil Waldhauer thus wrote :
>> On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:26:58 +0100 (BST), "Dave Saville"
>> <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Is there any use investigating the linux ndiswrapper (on SourceForge)?
>>> It seems to do what genmac does - ie use a win driver but hooks into
>>> the kernel. Just wonder if we could make it an OS/2 ndis driver that
>>> wrapped the win stuff.
>>>
>>
>> I spoke with Brendan Oakley, one of the maintainers of UniAud, who felt that
>> the UniAud source code would make a good base to use Linux drivers in OS/2.
>>
>SNAP could also be a good driver base. That said, and per Dave's initial
>comment, a wrapper might (still) be the best way to go, as long as we're
>not constantly playing catch-up as we've seen with the GenMAC approach.
>Somehow, the ndiswrapper project
>(http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/ndiswrapper/index.php?title=Main_Page
>) hasn't seemed (to me, at least) to be as harried by the newer Windows
>drivers and support for them.
>
It also supports USB dongles. I don't think Genmac will?
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