[ltp] Re: T40 802.11a/b card support - in the works?
Dirk Husemann
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:14:40 +0200
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On 06/19/2003 10:19 PM, Valient Gough wrote:
>
> A few days ago I got a response from IBM tech support about support
> for their 802.11a/b card on the T40p. I've put it on my page at
> http://www.inyvrag.net/~vgough/suse-t40p.html
> <http://www.inyvrag.net/%7Evgough/suse-t40p.html> . Here is the
> relevant portion, although it isn't clear to me if the support rep
> means that the unfinished driver is for the Cisco card or the
> 802.11a/b card I asked about:
>
>
> Update 2003-06-16:
>
> More digging around. I found paperwork filed by IBM with the FCC for
> the built-in 802.11a/b card. Nothing leading to drivers, but
> interesting technical and design details.
>
> I've been asking IBM technical support about Linux drivers for a
> couple weeks, and today got a response that shows some promise - at
> least IBM is aware that people would like to use Linux on the T40:
>
> [...]
Is that a Cisco miniPCI card? like
02:02.0 Network controller: AIRONET Wireless Communications: Unknown
device a504
there are drivers for that one available from Cisco (and I've got it
running on my box, a modified T30).
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On 06/19/2003 10:19 PM, Valient Gough wrote:<br>
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A few days ago I got a response from IBM tech support about support for
their 802.11a/b card on the T40p. I've put it on my page at <a
href="http://www.inyvrag.net/%7Evgough/suse-t40p.html">http://www.inyvrag.net/~vgough/suse-t40p.html</a>
. Here is the relevant portion, although it isn't clear to me if the
support rep means that the unfinished driver is for the Cisco card or
the 802.11a/b card I asked about:<br>
<br>
<br>
Update 2003-06-16:<br>
<br>
More digging around. I found paperwork filed by IBM with the FCC for
the built-in 802.11a/b card. Nothing leading to drivers, but
interesting technical and design details.<br>
<br>
I've been asking IBM technical support about Linux drivers for a couple
weeks, and today got a response that shows some promise - at least IBM
is aware that people would like to use Linux on the T40:<br>
<br>
[...]</blockquote>
Is that a Cisco miniPCI card? like<br>
<br>
<tt>02:02.0 Network controller: AIRONET Wireless Communications:
Unknown device a504<br>
</tt><br>
there are drivers for that one available from Cisco (and I've got it
running on my box, a modified T30).<br>
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