Hi,
Well, first of all - thanks a lot for the informative inputs.
Larry first:
>
> Stay away from the "just-introduced, latest and greatest" models.
> The model that came out 3 months ago is more likely to be supported.
>
Well, for a half year - I have been using an old Toshiba (486) with RH6? - and
started seeing the advantage of a laptop ;) got tired of those floppy disks ;)
So, I guess that might explain why I didn't pick up the meaning of 11N right
away.
johannes:
>
> Yes. Broadcom is not releasing information on how to program it.
>
Hmm...and they have a contract with HP and others, so...else I did see some
Linux drivers on their site - but for what, I don't know..
>
> If you can, return it, the wireless in it is dead. You could possibly
> swap it out but it might or might not work and it usually takes a lot
> of effort.
>
Thanks...I have wasted more time then I do care to think of...having had
some odd hardware.
> >
> > Someone mentioned a "Ndiswrapper" - is that the same thing ?
> >
>
>
> No, its a crappy workaround to run Windows drivers in the Linux kernel.
>
I see.. it may work well, it may not.
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Larry gave a good description of the effort to get some Linux driver, which was
some of my point when asking "why reverse engineer ?". No fair competition.
>
> The Broadcom wireless chips require a complicated interaction......
>
Enough ;) - or I'll soon take the damn thing apart to look inside ;)
>
> Besides the wireless problem, the second area of difficulty is with
> disk controllers, which I think is the reason for the crashes you noted
> in your first post. Since laptops switched to SATA controllers, the changes
> have been very rapid.
>
Not up to date in that area either. I did notice someone saying something,
perhaps
it was when I had a short peek at your archieves ? Something about
ACPI..something
about power control, etc. There seem to be some nVidia chips controlling quite
a bit
of it all. With newer kernels, it was like single stepping parts of the boot-up
sequence, as I would press the power on/off button. Just some thought....
Unfortunatly, I don't know much about the kernel, or kernel drivers, etc. And
it has
become harder to keep pace with the development. On the other hand, I do feel
lost
if placed in front of a Microsoft Window ;) ...so, I guess I will have to stick
to
some linux boxes...
>
> (3) For Broadcom wireless, look for BCM4311 or BCM4312 cards. Stay away
> from pre-N stuff.
>
pre..802.11n - is that what you meant ?
johannes said:
>
> If you can, return it, the wireless in it is dead.
>
Probably what I'll have to do. I have little use of Microsoft....
Thanks guys,
- now...what else are you up to in this place, me wonder..;)
//ARNE
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