On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 12:28:14PM +0000, Conall O'Brien wrote: > All you do is download the firmware (see http://www.prism54.org for a > link), put it into /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/
And rename it to isl3890. > Take a precompiled or custom compiled kernel (I use 2.6 kernels which > have the prism54 driver since 2.6.6, no idea about the 2.4 series), > check it's config (/boot/config-$kernel-ver if it's a packaged kernel) > to ensure the following lines are set: > > CONFIG_NET_RADIO=y > CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS=y > CONFIG_PRISM54=m or CONFIG_PRISM54=y > > > Once they are and you have a prism54 module (or the driver built in) > loaded, you have a standard ethX which you can configure with > /etc/network/interfaces (see /usr/share/doc/wireless-tools/ for more > info) Ok, so in my 2.6.5 kernel I'll have Prism54 version 1.1. If I want to build a newer version I can download either the testing or cvs packages from http://prism54.org/download/. I'm not entirely clear what gets build from those tarballs - I assume just the prism54 kernel module. And if using 1.2 or cvs would even make a difference for me... Thanks for the help, -- Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
