Return-path: Received: from mail-iw0-f178.google.com ([209.85.223.178]:55160 "EHLO mail-iw0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755519AbZJ0ShQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:37:16 -0400 Received: by iwn8 with SMTP id 8so347075iwn.33 for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:37:21 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4ACE131E.3080908@lwfinger.net> References: <167ae39b0910071400n218d3d9ey7711b1011f290a73@mail.gmail.com> <4ACE131E.3080908@lwfinger.net> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:37:01 -0700 Message-ID: <43e72e890910271137l31082c41t7e62a82e901d3456@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Prism54/p54pci To: Larry Finger , "John W. Linville" Cc: James Grossmann , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Larry Finger wrote: > On 10/07/2009 04:00 PM, James Grossmann wrote: >> >> I have the gigafast WF728-AEX, which doesn't seem to work with the >> p54pci drivers, I was previously using it with my Thinkpad T23 under >> Gentoo (gentoo kernels 2.6.29 and 2.6.30), and could only use the >> 1.0.4.3 firmware, now, I am using it under Ubuntu 9.04 >> (2.6.28-15-generic kernel) on the same computer, and find that I have >> to load the prism54 driver to make it work. >> I noticed that you were considering this to be depricated, I hope that >> you can help me to make p54pci work! > > As it works with 2.6.29 and 2.6.30 kernels, but not with 2.6.28, it seems > likely that you need a later version of the driver. Does Ubuntu have a > package for compat-wireless? If so, install it. If not, you will need to > install from source. James, please do test with a new driver and appropriate firmware and let us know if it worked or not. Luis