From: "Hans J. Koch" <hjk@linutronix.de>
To: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: What's needed for a PCIe card to be recognized?
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:48:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080217194836.3a8a3b97@bluebox.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080217072927.4b6c5964@laptopd505.fenrus.org>
Am Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:29:27 -0800
schrieb Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>:
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:37:53 +0100
> "Hans J. Koch" <hjk@linutronix.de> wrote:
> > > Of course there's no driver for the wlan, but that's a different
> > > story ;)
> >
> > I replaced that unsupported Atheros 5007 card with an ipw3945, so I
> > haven't got that problem.
>
> oh but then you have a MUCH bigger problem ;(
> The bios of that animal is hardcoded to the 5007 (or at least
> Atheros). If you stick your own card in, for FCC reasons, the bios
> refuses the card. (this is not unique to Asus; all notebooks do this
> for cards they're not certified with. This apparently has to do with
> the antenna being part of the laptop, and thus part of the radio in
> FCC speak)
Someone claims he's done it:
http://beta.ivancover.com/wiki/index.php/Eee_PC_Internal_Upgrades#Wifi
Hans
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-17 18:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-16 21:59 What's needed for a PCIe card to be recognized? Hans-Jürgen Koch
2008-02-16 22:39 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-02-17 0:54 ` Hans-Jürgen Koch
2008-02-17 2:29 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-02-17 12:37 ` Hans J. Koch
2008-02-17 15:29 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-02-17 16:47 ` Hans J. Koch
2008-02-17 22:05 ` Mark Lord
2008-02-17 22:09 ` Mark Lord
2008-02-17 23:03 ` Hans-Jürgen Koch
2008-02-17 18:48 ` Hans J. Koch [this message]
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