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Re: tenative ITP linux-wlan-ng; soliciting advice



On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 12:18:31AM -0700, Ian Eure wrote:
> > Prism 2.5 PCI 802.11b adaptor support
> > CONFIG_PCI_HERMES
> >   Enable support for PCI and mini-PCI 802.11b wireless NICs based on
> >   the Prism 2.5 chipset.  These are true PCI cards, not the 802.11b
> >   PCMCIA cards bundled with PCI<->PCMCIA adaptors which are also
> >   common.  Some of the built-in wireless adaptors in laptops are of
> >   this variety.
> >
> Doesn't this require kernel PCMCIA support?

If the card is a true PCI one, it doesn't. I own a TEW-203PI (TrendWare)
and it's a full PCI card. It doesn't requiere PCMCIA support.



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