Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265000AbTFLVEn (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:04:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265001AbTFLVEn (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:04:43 -0400 Received: from adsl-206-170-148-147.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net ([206.170.148.147]:20491 "EHLO gw.goop.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265000AbTFLVEL (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:04:11 -0400 Subject: Re: Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 vs. Broadcom BCM9430x From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge To: Anders Karlsson Cc: Joel Jaeggli , LKML In-Reply-To: <1055450268.3989.27.camel@tor.trudheim.com> References: <1055450268.3989.27.camel@tor.trudheim.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1055452675.13998.2.camel@ixodes.goop.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.3.92 (Preview Release) Date: 12 Jun 2003 14:17:55 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 848 Lines: 20 On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 13:37, Anders Karlsson wrote: > And that is if your laptop will allow such a card to be plugged in and > used of course. Thinkpads with the tcpa chip in them might not allow > such a card, Nothing to do with TCPA: my laptop doesn't have one, and it objects to "foreign" wireless cards. Plain old BIOS is enough. Fortunately IBM support the Cisco Airo 350 mini-pci card, and supply a (GPLed) driver. It isn't the greatest driver (no 2.5 port, seems flakey when doing anything with the admin tool, no wireless extension support), but it works enough to make wireless useful. J - 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/