Re: ethner card problem

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "FB" == Frank BENNETT <bennett@example.com> writes:

    FB> The PCMCIA distribution ought to be fixed, for sure.  It
    FB> doesn't look like this one was entirely Corega's fault.

You're assuming that the Allied Telesys card doesn't have that mfr
id.  If it does, either AT or Corega screwed up, and the PCMCIA distro
_can't_ be fixed, because that's how cards get ID'd.  It's the
industry's standard, not David Hinds's.

I guess you could use the human readable strings for airchecking, but
please note that the marketroids do NOT want human-readable strings as
IDs; that would get in the way of their ability to put a flashing
yellow NEW! sticker on the same old card and have nobody notice....
Less cynically, it makes OEMming a lot easier.

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