Re: [MiNT] Network tools

[Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no>]

On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 22:38 +0000, Peter Slegg wrote:

> > That's not because of ifconfig, but because of the lack of drivers.
> 
> It is due to both the drivers and ifconfig. If you follow the links you
> will see that ifconfig can be used to set-up the wifi.

ifconfig (atleast for MiNT) is a small and simple tool. All it does is
to translate command line arguments to binary commands sent to the
driver. It makes no sense to extend ifconfig until there is a driver
that supports wifi, because there is no way to actually verify that it
works...

> > > Since our tools are 10 years old it is probably worth re-doing them in any case.
> >
> > The tools are fine and does what's expected of them.
> 
> I think everything needs a re-build at the very least.

They are rebuilt nightly: http://freemint.org

> Amusingly on the old c.s.a.st thread the response was that there is
> no point in a wireless driver because there are no tools to configure it.
> 
> Now the response is the reverse.

I don't remember that thread. But 95% (if not more) of the work would
have to be done to the driver.

Jo Even