On 26/09/06 17:22, Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Tuesday 26 September 2006 17:28, Simon Roberts wrote:
Gosh, wow, that was unexpected! I don't recall anything like this in the 9.3 release. Oh well, I'll give that a go. Hope I can get wired networking to work!
All non-kernel modules were dropped by SuSE in 10.1.. That is, modules which were not officially part of the kernel. The kernel developers want it this way. Thus, you must add in your own wifi module.
Scenario: a brand new SuSE user buys a brand new computer and gets a brand new internet connection from a service provider. They are of course shifty folks, and sell him on the idea of connecting to their brand new city-wide wireless network (and of course, this will not add to the traffic on their already-saturated cable network, so it is a benefit to them). Oops, our brand new SuSE user has bought 10.1, and has no wifi support on the DVD.. he cannot get on the internet to download the wifi module(s) he needs, and what is even worse, the 10.1 installer probably will not even tell him he needs to do so (even if it does happen to recognize his nifty new 802.11n prototype card the ISP is hawking which it probably won't). All of you who think the kernel developers are smart folks, and who think our brand new SuSE user is going to dash off to his local city library, floppy in hand, to download, configure/compile, and install the module source he needs (to say nothing of recompiling the kernel, if necessary), please raise your hands. None of you? How many think our brand new SuSE user will simply toss his package into the trash, and dash off to buy <the operating system from Redmond>, which he knows from all his friends will support his nifty new wireless card, right out of the box? (For Jeff Rollins: this is sarcasm and condescension, not abusiveness -- I trust/hope you know the difference.)