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Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:02:41 -0500
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On 2/22/25 3:25 AM, Joel wrote:
> c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
> 
>>> PCI-e, obviously, made in China, Fenvi brand seemingly endorsed by
>>> Newegg, ordered from the same.  Debian utilized it with my home
>>> Internet on boot up, previous motherboard-integrated WiFi was still
>>> working but would get slow after a period of time, needing to shut
>>> down the system and turn back on to make it fast again.  The odd
>>> antenna that magnetized to the top of the case (where would Larry put
>>> it, if he bought this motherboard, not that he would of course, the
>>> weirdo) is now removed, and I wiped dust off of the case and a bit
>>> inside, while working.  Pretty happy.
>>
>>    Well, we're always happy to see new, easy, devices.
>>
>>    Alas China ... well ... beware. Got/analyzed the
>>    source code for those drivers ???
> 
> 
> Are they not in the kernel?

   Go ahead ... read a megabyte, figure out
   what it all does ......

   Clue, NOBODY does.