[ltp] WirelessG LAN PCMCIA card

[Mauro Maroni]

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Mark Farmer wrote:

> 
> > I've purchased a Netgear WG511 which aparently works well with 2.6 
> > kernel, i'm just in the process of installing Gentoo on my T22 so i'll 
> > let you know when I get the card working.
> > 
> > Mark Farmer RHCT
> > Linux Server Administrator
> 
> I got the WG511 working last night, once i'd emerged hotplug and installed the firmware file 
> (http://prism54.org/~mcgrof/firmware/), set essid, mode and restricted key it fired right up.
> I have the driver compiled into the kernel not as a module but it should work fine either way.
> 
> Mark.
> 

I just got a Netgear WG511.
I was browsing into the 2.6.8 source tree and prism54 support modules seem 
to be included. Is it enough to compile the stock kernel with the proper 
settings, or do I have to apply the patch provided at prism54.org 
anyway?

Thanks,
Mauro