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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: New WiFi adapter
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:24:11 +0000
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On 22/02/2025 09:02, c186282 wrote:
> 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.

Many people do and more have the capability to find out.
Not tens of thousands, but more than a few hundred

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