wok-current diff ndiswrapper/description.txt @ rev 25792
Fix openbox menu, label keymap on lxpanel and add miss it translation for tazpkg
| author | Stanislas Leduc <shann@slitaz.org> |
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| date | Tue Oct 07 05:55:24 2025 +0000 (3 weeks ago) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/ndiswrapper/description.txt Tue Oct 07 05:55:24 2025 +0000 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ 1.4 +Many vendors do not release specifications of the hardware or provide 1.5 +a Linux driver for their wireless network cards. 1.6 +This project implements Windows kernel API and NDIS (Network Driver 1.7 +Interface Specification) API within Linux kernel. 1.8 +A Windows driver for wireless network card is then linked to this 1.9 +implementation so that the driver runs natively, as though it is in 1.10 +Windows, without binary emulation. 1.11 + 1.12 +With ndiswrapper, most miniPCI (builtin), PCI, PCMCIA (Cardbus only) 1.13 +or USB wireless network cards work in Linux with x86 or x86-64. 1.14 +Although ndiswrapper is intended for wireless network cards, other 1.15 +devices are known to work: e.g., ethernet cards, USB to serial port 1.16 +device, home phone network device etc.