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Bug#625953: marked as done (linux-2.6: orinoco_pci module is no longer present)

Your message dated Sat, 07 May 2011 23:40:19 +0100
with message-id <1304808019.3203.149.camel@localhost>
and subject line Re: Bug#625953: linux-2.6: orinoco_pci module is no longer present
has caused the Debian Bug report #625953,
regarding linux-2.6: orinoco_pci module is no longer present
to be marked as done.

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Package: linux-2.6
Version: 2.6.38-2
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system


As per subject, the orinoco_pci module is missing from 2.6.38 kernel images, so my router 
can no longer connect to the network.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

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On Sun, 2011-05-08 at 00:26 +1000, Geoff Simmons wrote:
> Hi Mike,
> 
> On Sat, May 07, 2011 at 11:31:07AM +0100, Mike wrote:
> > As per subject, the orinoco_pci module is missing from 2.6.38 kernel
> > images, so my router can no longer connect to the network.
> 
> Prism 2/2.5/3 support in the orinoco driver (HERMES_PRISM) is disabled
> by default as of Linux 2.6.35 [1].  As PCI_HERMES depends on
> HERMES_PRISM, this module was not built.
> 
> The hostap driver provides better support for Prism 2/2.5/3-based PCI
> devices, including firmware downloading and WPA support.  Consider using
> the available hostap_pci module.

Right.  According to
<http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/orinoco>, 'support for
Intersil (Prism) devices is being disabled from v2.6.35. The hostap
driver should be more capable for these cards.'

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

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