[ltp] Re: "Patch" to disable wlan card restrictions inrecent Thinkpads

[Dietz Proepper]

Martin Gramatke:
> Dietz Proepper wrote:
> > Can anyone confirm
> > that the patch from http://jcnp.pku.edu.cn/~shadow/1802/ (setting one
> > bit in nvram) works against a Thinkpad R40 (2722-GDG)?
>
> You should not buy a thinkpad if you want to use the mini PCI slot.
> Unfortuantly I recognized that too late. :-(

*g* It'll be a problem of the shop that sold it soon I think. A crippled 
miniPCI slot is a reason to return the machine, at least herearound.

> > I can easily change the mentioned bit, but it seems to have no effect
> > at all. The BIOS Version ist 1.17.
>
> No effect? Do you mean, you applied the patch, plugged in the wlan card
> and the boot error still occurs?

Exactly. Bit 0x80 at offset 0x6a in nvram is set, BIOS complains.

regards,
 Dietz