Obtaining 2.6.8-1.541 source code

[Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 09:26:36AM -0700, Per Bjornsson wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 01:47, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> 
> > Heck, I'm using a Windows driver binary to talk to the builtin wireless 
> > interface. The linuxant drivers are the least of my worries ;)
> > 
> > As I see it, Linuxant are doing me a favour by letting me use the OS of 
> > my choice on the hardware of my choice, despite the recalcitrance of a 
> > couple of hardware vendors (well, just Intel actually, since they make 
> > both the modem and the wireless hardware).
> 
> Hang on here - you're saying Intel made the modem and the wireless
> interface? I really thought that the only modems Intel made were the
> ones built into the southbridge (AC-97 modems which should work with the
> ALSA drivers) and, perhaps more importantly, that the only wireless
> cards they made were the ones that are part of the Centrino package?
> (Actually I think I've heard of a standalone card which is actually
> based on the same wireless chipset as the Centrino on-board one but with
> a different model number, but whatever...)

It's not on-board. It's a plugin card, mini-pci. To be labled a
centrino, though, the computer must have a intel designated wireless
card.

> In any case, the Centrino
> wireless does have native Linux drivers nowadays, there are supposedly
> functional drivers both for the IPW2100 (802.11b) and IPW2200 (80211g).
> Check out http://ipw2100.sf.net and http://ipw2200.sf.net if you
> actually have a Centrino notebook; also, there are bound to be RPMs for
> the drivers around if you want (don't have a Centrino so I haven't
> checked, but I bet someone is going to answer this post, or just search
> the mailing list archives...)
> 
> I don't necessarily like everything Intel does, but in the wireless
> business they have turned around (after some initial reluctance) and
> become model citizens of the Linux community!
> 
> Cheers,
> Per
> 
> -- 
> Per Bjornsson <perbj at stanford.edu>
> Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University
> 
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