Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: New WiFi adapter Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:24:11 +0000 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <7lcirjdmt6b37pcs0821d0l1jmoclrrhva@4ax.com> <9ludnRRB-JRx6ST6nZ2dnZfqnPednZ2d@giganews.com> <872jrjlrcceiqe3ji827qb16b3uam5831b@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:24:11 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a0efea78e46a647fe40d3788d2f39e86"; logging-data="4124877"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/5J6ydiGyJTaC/7Ym94pNnFeMUf3CEqhY=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:rn5wILuDdgcYy07YBC7YPzTPGU4= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2510 On 22/02/2025 09:02, c186282 wrote: > On 2/22/25 3:25 AM, Joel wrote: >> c186282 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 -- Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. Groucho Marx