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

[Joel van Velden]

On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 22:47 +1300, Steven Ellis wrote:
> 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.

Hi

I say have a look at compiling your own kernel. Under Debian/Ubuntu it's
a fairly painless process, and you end up with a normal .deb custom
kernel package so you wont mess up your system too much if things go
bad.

And as a bonus you learn a little more about linux :)

Have a look at section 4.3 of
http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s-common-building

I've been running custom kernels in Ubuntu 6.06 for a long time now (i
needed sound and fan drivers not in the default kernel) with no
problems.

I would venture that even Edgy will have a kernel at least two versions
behind the one available at kernel.org. Stability comes at the cost of
being old.

It's worth a try.

Cheers,
Joel van Velden

> >
> > 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
> 
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