[nzlug] WiFi USB Adaptor that works under Ubuntu & Red Hat

[Steven Ellis]

Vik Olliver wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 16:20 +1300, Michal Ludvig wrote:
>   
>> The driver will be in vanilla 2.6.19, already available in -RC:
>> http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e85d0918b54fbd9b38003752f7d665416b06edd8
>>
>> It may be possible to backport it to older kernels if needed.
>>
>>     
> Hopefully I won't actually need the thing until January. I'm very averse
> to dicking with the kernel on Ubuntu because of unforseen effects on
> crappy binary-only drivers like the Nvidia one that drives my nice
> dual-screen desktop.
>
> We'll see how long it takes 2.6.19 to get to Dapper...
>   
The theory is never. During the support period of Ubuntu LTS there
shouldn't be a major kernel upgrade.

Steve