Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264855AbTFLPMV (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:12:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264854AbTFLPMV (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:12:21 -0400 Received: from darkwing.uoregon.edu ([128.223.142.13]:56572 "EHLO darkwing.uoregon.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264855AbTFLPMS (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:12:18 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:16:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Joel Jaeggli X-X-Sender: joelja@twin.uoregon.edu To: Marc Sowen cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 vs. Broadcom BCM9430x In-Reply-To: <001101c330f5$771bd7a0$0101230a@apollo> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2055 Lines: 50 most laptop vendors that provide multiple wireless options also support the cisco aironet minipci card, you can allways vote with your wallet if you think linux support for wireless chipsets is valuable. joelja On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Marc Sowen wrote: > 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/ > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel Jaeggli Academic User Services joelja@darkwing.uoregon.edu -- PGP Key Fingerprint: 1DE9 8FCA 51FB 4195 B42A 9C32 A30D 121E -- In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of the scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" - 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/