On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 13:07:16 +0100, Alexander Volovics <awol@xxxxxxx> wrote: > There are 3 drivers available for (Intersil) Prism2(2.5,3) chip > wifi adapters: 'prism2', 'orinoco' and 'hostap' (802.11b). > > FC3 contains the orinoco drivers. These work OK but cannot support > a lot of features without extra patching, for example: scan, monitor, > wpa, etc. > > The hostap drivers also work OK and supply all of these features. > > Why are the hostap drivers not included with FC3/FC4. > Alternatively why are the orinoco drivers not patched so that you > can at least scan and monitor (like in Knoppix). > its worth asking but it would be a good idea to file bug reports against the kernel in bugzilla.redhat.com first -- Regards, Rahul Sundaram
