Re: Wireless problems under 2.6.5
On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 10:55 -0700, Bill Moseley wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 01:45:49PM -0400, Hadar Pedhazur wrote:
> > Bill, I'm _far_ from an expert, and I'm sure you'll get better
> > (meaning more correct) answers from others. However, I have a number
> > of WiFi cards, including two different SMC models (one is an 802.11a
> > card, and the other is an A/B card). I can get all of the SMC cards to
> > work when I build the "madwifi" project myself (with a 2.6.4 kernel,
> > so I'm sure it will work in 2.6.5 as well).
>
> Yikes. I have not heard about that.
>
> So there's at least three options to try:
>
> 1) pcmcia in the kernel source
>
> 2) pcmcia-cs from sf.net
Generally for 2.6 kernels you should just use the pcmcia in the kernel.
> 3) madwifi also from sf.net.
This is for "Atheros" chipset - often "built-in" to a laptop (i.e.
mini-pci) cards supporting 802.11a/b/g.
> Too many choices for a simple upgrade!
Indeed. I believe that the prism54 chipset is the only 802.11g one that
has GPL native Linux drivers, and hence is included in the latest 2.6.x
kernels.
So although I have atheros chipset, because that's what is built-in to
my Thinkpad R50p, if I were to buy a new card I would be buying one
based on the prism54 chipset.
Cheers,
Andrew McMillan.
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