Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 23:38:21 +0200 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: stable-list freebsd <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Christian Walther <cptsalek@gmail.com> Subject: Re: if_wpi is all kinds of broken Message-ID: <4BF1B74D.4030504@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005171527190.72591@wonkity.com> References: <4BF0EDC9.3090603@bsdforen.de> <4BF15A62.7070602@janh.de> <AANLkTikUjqe0qkGQuNOwU7TqYokwYeg4_TPsrbSBeBqR@mail.gmail.com> <4BF14C8C.1030804@bsdforen.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005170849230.71127@wonkity.com> <AANLkTikfQAoHYYDhs9175v-h-wtXNeiQOvfT58wPZhLI@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005171527190.72591@wonkity.com>
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On 17/05/2010 23:29, Warren Block wrote: > On Mon, 17 May 2010, Christian Walther wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On 17 May 2010 17:05, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: >>> On Mon, 17 May 2010, Dominic Fandrey wrote: >>>> [...] >> >>> The ipw card in my T42 is the older mini-PCI (no "e"). >> >> Yes, and replacing this card is a problem, because the wireless card >> in many IBM Thinkpad Laptops have a custom firmware, and the cards ID >> is listed in the laptops BIOS. It won't work with any card not listed >> there. There are ways to either flash the cards firmware or the BIOS >> list, but I don't think that it's worth it. > > Just because I have this link handy: > http://www.paul.sladen.org/thinkpad-r31/wifi-card-pci-ids.html > > That also has a link to some information on HP's version of the same thing. The official genuine parts list for my notebook only lists Intel and Boradcom wireless modules. So I suppose I'll just have to risk buying a PCIe Atheros that I cannot use. Regards -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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