Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] ndiswrapper: Documentation Problem ... sev2 defect =)

[Markus F. <m....@mp...>]

You forget that ndiswrapper isn't in charge of making drivers for wireless 
adapters, rather it is trying to get adapters working in linux while the 
manufacturers of these adapters were too lazy to make dedicated linux 
drivers. You should go against the adapter manufacturers.

Am Samstag, 26. November 2005 23.24 schrieb Lee Harris:
> NDISWRAPPER TEAM,
>
> I have been an avid Linux user and developer for many years.  I really have
> no other way to put it other than bluntly, but it seems absolutely lazy
> that you wouldn't include the installation instructions in your README file
> found in the NDISWRAPPER package.  Having a README file that says to see
> our website for installation instructions regarding a WIRELESS NETWORK CARD
> ADAPTER seems as if were a joke in itself.  Would something like that be
> "kosher" in Windows?  Would an end-user go and buy a Wireless NIC and a
> driver CD only to find that the CD says "SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR INSTALLATION
> INSTRUCTIONS."   I was left without Internet connectivity because I had no
> other way to access the net, although I had your ndiswrapper package and
> the necessary driver from Linksys (burned to a CD).
>
> I realize maintaining readme's and package distrubution methods are
> difficult and time consuming, but telling your end-users to get on the Web
> for installation instructions is very counterproductive - especially if the
> driver is specifically FOR connecting to the internet.
>
> Is it possible that you remedy this in your next package releases?
>
>
> Best Regards,
> LD HARRIS