From: Jim Thompson <jim@SmallWorks.COM>
To: pdecker@wavewireless.com
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org, a16975@motorola.com,
mlocke@mvista.com, trini@kernel.crashing.org
Subject: RE: Is there a PCI based 802.11b device driver for ppc linux?
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 21:20:22 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <15229.53478.867522.930647@zaphod.smallworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0E97488D670BD411B8BD00C0F03BDF64AD6593@SPEEDCOM3>
Philip Decker writes:
>
> If Liu plans to use a mini-PCI 802.11b radio, and that radio is based on
> Prism 2.5, and it uses the ISL3874 MAC/BBP (which interfaces directly to the
> PCI Bus), then there is no Linux driver yet (that I'm aware of).
Working on it. (Yes, on PowerPC.)
> On the other hand, if his mini PCI radio is Prism II, or Prism 2.5 but using
> the ISL3873 MAC/BBP, then that radio contains a PCI to PCMCIA bridge and the
> existing Linux drivers will work.
>
> I don't know about Linux drivers for Agere/Lucent Orinoco/WaveLAN mini-PCI
> radio.
>
> If Liu's question had nothing to do with mini-PCI radios then, in the
> immortal words of E. Litella, "Never mind".
(non-mini) PCI Prism 2.5 cards exist too. :-)
Jim
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-18 2:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-17 21:53 Is there a PCI based 802.11b device driver for ppc linux? Philip Decker
2001-08-18 2:20 ` Jim Thompson [this message]
2001-08-19 22:42 ` Mark S. Mathews
2001-08-19 2:00 ` David Gibson
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2001-08-17 3:11 Liu HongXun-a16975
2001-08-17 20:14 ` Tom Rini
2001-08-17 20:45 ` Matthew Locke
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