On 09/11/09 12:36 pm, Dave Saville thus wrote :

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?

I *believe* that GenMAC's limitation insofar as USB adapters are concerned is more related to the limitations inherent in our current USB stack. Supposedly, a new USB stack is being developed for OS/2 & eCS, and hopefully, that will alleviate much of the ceilings into which we find ourselves bumping our heads. Hopefully, it will also support the new USB 3 spec (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus#USB_3.0 , et seq).