[ltp] atheros light?

Neil Weisenfeld linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:34:39 -0500


It was discussed really early on on the madwifi mailing list.  The
driver isn't specific to Thinkpads, while the light appears to be.  

It's not really a bug -- they just never implemented that feature.



Neil

On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 19:54, Benjamin Weste Pearre wrote:
> Trivial question.  This really doesn't matter; I'm simply curious.
> Read only if you're bored :)
> 
> The Atheros driver (madwifi) works great on my new R40 (2897gwu
> (802.11a/b minipci), kernel 2.4.22-ac4, debian unstable, madwifi CVS
> every few days since I installed it a couple of weeks ago).  But the
> little wireless status light doesn't light up, as it does under
> Windows.  Should it?  Am I doing something wrong?  Or is this a bug in
> the driver?
> 
> The madwifi README doesn't mention the light problem, nor is it listed
> as a bug on the sourceforge page.  Am I the only one seeing this?
> 
> Cheers!
> -Ben
> 
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