[desktop-discuss] Re: gnome system monitor "network" krell doesn't work

[Garrett D'Amore]

David Bustos wrote:
> Quoth Garrett D'Amore on Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 12:03:14PM -0800:
>   
>> David Bustos wrote:
>>     
>>> File bugs on bugs.opensolaris.org, and mention
>>>
>>> 	6433585 ipw stopped updating kstats
>>>       
>> Whoa, what is that bug?  I ask because we (Tadpole) have a Solaris WiFi
>> driver for certain PRISM devices called "ipw" (think "Intersil Prism
>> Wireless" ... the driver predates Intel's WLAN offerings. :-)
>>
>> bugs.o.o doesn't show that bug.
>>     
>
> Yes, it's filed against the Intel Centrino wireless driver, which is
> currently under development, so it won't show up in bugs.opensolaris.org .
>
> See http://opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/ipw/ .
>
>
> David
>   

Ah, great.  I love that this name was chosen.... not.  I picked "ipw" as
the name of Tadpole's PRISM driver over 4 years ago.  Can the name be
changed, or is it too late?

Sun needs a registry of device driver names to prevent collision like
this in the future.

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Garrett D'Amore, Principal Software Engineer
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General Dynamics C4 Systems
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