From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Crilly Subject: Re: ipw2100: firmware problem Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 23:51:28 -0400 Message-ID: <20050610035127.GH1637@mail> References: <200506090903.49295.vda@ilport.com.ua> <200506090917.23853.vda@ilport.com.ua> <20050608.232020.115912376.davem@davemloft.net> <200506090930.22274.vda@ilport.com.ua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "David S. Miller" , jketreno@linux.intel.com, pavel@ucw.cz, jgarzik@pobox.com, netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ipw2100-admin@linux.intel.com Return-path: To: Denis Vlasenko Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200506090930.22274.vda@ilport.com.ua> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On 06/09/05 09:30:22AM +0300, Denis Vlasenko wrote: > On Thursday 09 June 2005 09:20, David S. Miller wrote: > > From: Denis Vlasenko > > Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 09:17:23 +0300 > > > > > Sadly, realities are such that we have to live somehow > > > with closed-source firmware. > > > > You have a choice, buy products from friendly vendors. > > I am trying! So far, I have Prism2.5, Prism54 > and acx111 cards, and all of them require closed binary fw. Ralink cards don't require any binary firmware. I got one of the Hawking Tech pcmcia cards off the shelf at a local CompUSA store and the card was a good $20 cheaper than a Linksys card. So far I haven't had any problems with the card or the driver. A list of Ralink hardware and drivers can be found at http://ralink.rapla.net/ > vda > Jim.