Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux Incompatibility List | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:11:19 -0400 |
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On Sat, 2004-08-21 at 17:06, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: > On Sat, 2004-08-21 16:51:57 -0400, Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org> > wrote in message <20040821205157.GA9300@animx.eu.org>: > > > 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:-( >
Are there still vendors who release 'open source' drivers, but with preprocessed, obfuscated source code? If so then there should be a category for this.
Lee
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