From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
To: Scott Mcdermott <vaxerdec@frontiernet.net>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"Bryan O'Sullivan" <bos@serpentine.com>
Subject: Re: [OT] "unauthorized" mini-pci wlan cards in thinkpads
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:12:41 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1071619961.6205.28.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031215174349.C17007@newbox.localdomain>
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On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 14:43, Scott Mcdermott wrote:
> Has anyone heard more about this from IBM or know of some
> way to disable the whitelist checking? It's really a shame
> to not be able to use the nice builtin antennas in these
> laptops with newer Mini-PCI cards (like the a/b/g combo that
> IBM themselves make, which is still "unauthorized" on both
> my X31 and T30 with latest BIOS) and instead be forced to
> waste a PCMCIA slot and not get as good a signal.
Bryan O'Sullivan just posted saying that he got an Atheros card from IBM
which works, but only after a BIOS update. I've attached his message.
I'm hoping to try one of these out myself soon (I've got a Cisco card,
but the driver is really only just works).
J
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From: Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: durey@EmperorLinux.com
Subject: Update for IBM Thinkpad X31 and T40 users wishing to use miniPCI wifi cards
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 08:45:36 -0800
Message-ID: <1071074736.16162.12.camel@camp4.serpentine.com>
IBM has a newish Atheros-based 802.11a/b/g card, model number 31P9701,
which works with the Thinkpad X31. I received mine last night and got
the infamous error 1802 (card not authorized).
I unplugged the miniPCI card and updated the X31's BIOS to revision
2.04, version 1QET66WW, dated 2003/12/02. (I believe you must still
have Windows available to do this.) The system now boots happily, and
the madwifi driver drives the card OK for me under both 2.4 and 2.6.
I assume that the PCI whitelist of infamy is still in place in the
latest BIOS, but at least it now supports a modern wifi card model.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-17 0:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-15 22:43 [OT] "unauthorized" mini-pci wlan cards in thinkpads Scott Mcdermott
2003-12-15 23:16 ` Joel Jaeggli
2003-12-16 0:03 ` Disconnect
2003-12-16 19:55 ` Hollis Blanchard
2003-12-16 20:16 ` [OT] "unauthorized" mini-pci wlan cards in thinkpads^WDells Disconnect
2003-12-16 23:10 ` [OT] "unauthorized" mini-pci wlan cards in thinkpads Joel Jaeggli
2003-12-29 16:18 ` [OT] working " Hollis Blanchard
2003-12-17 0:12 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge [this message]
2003-12-17 23:10 ` [OT] "unauthorized" " Joel Jaeggli
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