Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263129AbTHVNMF (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:12:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263156AbTHVNMF (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:12:05 -0400 Received: from [62.13.18.67] ([62.13.18.67]:28864 "EHLO mail.kontorshotellet.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263129AbTHVNL5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:11:57 -0400 Message-ID: <3F4616A5.3020505@lanil.mine.nu> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 15:12:05 +0200 From: Christian Axelsson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030814 Thunderbird/0.2a X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bas Mevissen CC: "Mr. James W. Laferriere" , Anders Karlsson , LKML Subject: Re: Current status of Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 References: <3F3CA3A0.5030905@lanil.mine.nu> <1060942697.2296.83.camel@tor.trudheim.com> <3F421B6C.2050300@basmevissen.nl> <3F45E651.8000408@basmevissen.nl> In-Reply-To: <3F45E651.8000408@basmevissen.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1975 Lines: 46 Bas Mevissen wrote: > Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote: > >> Hello Bas , Do you (or anyone else) know which of the 'PCI' based >> cards are use the 'mini-pci' cards on a bridge card ? >> > > Probably all PCI-cards that have a huge metal casing. PCI WLAN cards are > not so common (desktop and wireless is a bit silly :-))and hence the > development costs for a "real" PCI WLAN card might be too high compared > to the extra cost of using a Mini-PCI and a bridge. Actually, "bridge" > is too much honour for the remaining card. Slot converter is more > appropriate. > >> I'd really like more of a selection to choose from than just >> Netgear . The Netgear card you spoke of below religously doesn't >> mention Linux in it's support sections . But , (hopefully) it >> appears that you are using under linux , correct ? Tia , JimL >> > > We all like that. Actually, I wanted to have an 802.11a/b/g from a > supplier that has real open source drivers. But it was all I could get > on a short term. > > I use it with Linux. Actually, I did not more than a few tests. But I > know it works and I verified it with the XP install that came with the > notebook. I just had to install the PCI-card drivers there. > > (general remark) Note that this kind of use of mini-pci modules is all > on your own risk and responsibility. Maybe I better had not told this on > LKML. But now that has happened, I advise people to think twice before > doing it and ask me for details in private if they feel uncertain about it. Yep I was just gonna ask you for pictures (photos) showing all connectors and stuff so I know how it will fit into my acer laptop :) -- Christan Axelsson smiler@lanil.mine.nu - 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/