On 04/12/06, tachyon_1@email.com wrote: > Well, I find a lot of Windows hardware drivers to be 'lacking'. In fact > XP still has issues with USB multi-card readers. > I don't know how many people I've talked to with brand new PC's with > built in floppy bay multi-card readers that crash > or lock-up when a card is inserted. That's not just Windows to blame, it's mainly bad architecture for them. The devices themselves are crap too. I've written a part of a driver for a multi-card reader that plain crashed on a certain command that was required (by the standard it claimed to support) to be present and working. The device just wouldn't give any response anymore. The command? "Get Supported Commands". It also crashed on a few other types of commands. I would expect Windows to do the same, especially since the devices themselves are that bad. > Anyway, my primary personal systems are Linux based and I've had no real > issues with core HW driver stability or > performance. USB seems especially solid. It's called "hacking around the known / reported bugs". Microsoft doesn't nearly get as many "hey Linus, I got this and this device and it's doing this wrong, here's the diff" messages as Linux does. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist