[ltp] MPI350 and firmware 5.30.17 in airo module?

Fabrice Bellet linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:56:38 +0200


Hello,

On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 01:25:04PM +0200, Peter Frühberger wrote:
> T. Ivarsson wrote:
> > Does the airo module in kernel 2.6.8.1 work with the "new" (Linux compatible) 5.30.17 firmware for the Aironet 350 MiniPCI card, or do I have to stay with the 5.00.03 firmware (alternatively patch the kernel source)?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > T.
> 
> You don`t need to stay with 5.0.0.3, I use
> Device: 350 Series
> Manufacturer: Cisco Systems
> Firmware Version: 5.20.17
> 
> It`s the minipci device in a Thinkpad R40
> 
> and it works just fine with 2.6.7/2.6.8.1/2.6.9-rc3

All cisco firmwares are expected to work fine with a recent 2.6 airo
driver.  I'm currently running with firmware 5.41 on a kernel 2.6.9-rc4
without problem.

Best wishes,
-- 
fabrice