From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Alejandro Bonilla" Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:18:05 -0400 Message-ID: <20051010171138.M48039@linuxwireless.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, jketreno@linux.intel.com, jgarzik@pobox.com Return-path: To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Hi, This patch is different from the previous one. This is for IPW2200. ;-) It updates the information/README to match the Kconfig info of the IPW2200. Please apply to have a better documented 2.6.14 I dunno if this is either handled by Netdev or LKML because is about Documentation/ Thanks, .Alejandro Signed-off-by: Alejandro Bonilla diff --git a/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 --- a/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 +++ b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux in support of: +Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Driver for Linux in support of: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection @@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ Index 1.4. Sysfs Helper Files 2. About the Version Numbers 3. Support -4. License +4. Firmware +5. License 1. Introduction @@ -272,7 +273,24 @@ For general information and support, go http://ipw2200.sf.net/ -4. License +4. Firmware +----------------------------------------------- + +As the firmware is licensed under a restricted use license, it can not be +included within the kernel sources. To enable the IPW2200 you will need a +firmware image to load into the wireless NIC's processors. + +You can obtain these images from . + +The firmware package should be extracted where your hotplug firmware agent +is looking: + +% grep FIRMWARE /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent + +The most common path is /lib/firmware but the firmware.agent will tell. + + +5. License ----------------------------------------------- Copyright(c) 2003 - 2005 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.