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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:31:43 -0500
From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
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To: Xavier de Almeida <xavierdealmeida@yahoo.fr>
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Subject: Re: Tr : Tr : Can't make RTL8188CE work with hostapd (rtl8192ce)
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On 07/30/2012 03:03 PM, Xavier de Almeida wrote:
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> I can't tell you as I don't have a laptop either, I have a xs36v which is a barebone so it's all embedded.
> What do you mean by "it s not white listed by my BIOS"?

Laptops made by HP and Lenovo, and maybe others, have a BIOS that contains 
information about what wireless cards are approved - the so-called white list. 
If you install a card not on the list, the machine refuses to boot.

Larry