Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264843AbTFLPB2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:01:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264844AbTFLPB2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:01:28 -0400 Received: from smtp2.rz.tu-harburg.de ([134.28.205.13]:52192 "EHLO smtp2.rz.tu-harburg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264843AbTFLPB1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:01:27 -0400 From: "Marc Sowen" To: Subject: Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 vs. Broadcom BCM9430x Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:15:30 +0200 Organization: Hamburg University of Technology Message-ID: <001101c330f5$771bd7a0$0101230a@apollo> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1003 Lines: 25 Hi everybody, I hope this is not too off-topic, but the fact is that neither the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 (Centrino) chipset nor the Broadcom BCM9430x (e.g. Dell Truemobile 1180/1300/1400) chipset is currently supported in Linux due to FCC regulation problems. Anyhow, I plan to get a new Notebook within the next 2 or 3 weeks and I need to decide, whether to go for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 or the Broadcom BCM9430x chipset. I know it's hard to say, but what do you think, which company (Intel or Broadcom) is more likely to release the necessary documents and/or drivers for their chipsets? Both companys seem to ignore all inquiries concerning Linux support at the moment. While we're at it, are there any news from the WLAN front? Thank you! Marc - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/