On May 12, 2008, at 8:46 PM, Marcus Leech wrote: > A few questions: > > What driver is required on an ordinary Linux system for the active > antennae? > [I ask because plugging one in to a hot-off-the-presses F9 system > causes said system to freeze instantly :-( ] > The stock upstream libertas kernel might work, given proper firmware in /lib/firmware. > The XS images--are they designed for XO hardware, or garden variety > desktop hardware? > No, they work with most x86 systems (anything that runs F7). > If the XS image is just for the XO (to turn it into an XS), how do > I turn a garden-variety Linux/Fedora system > into an XS? > The xs-pkgs and xs-config packages from the XS repo turn updated F7 into a school server. xs-config contains the libertas drivers for the 2.6.23 kernel from F7, as well as the additional scripts to make an active antenna act as a mesh portal. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Software_Repositories
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