2009/3/8 Daniel Clark <[email protected]>

> Sébastien Doutreligne wrote:
> > I have a working debian system for the GDium.
>
> FYI the factory-installed MiniPCI Wifi card for the Gdium uses a chipset
> that needs a binary blob to work; so it won't work with gNewSense (or at
> least shouldn't ;-) - it is replacable (you need to take the Gdium apart
> a bit; the MiniPCI slot is not usable via the back panel) - the IBM
> ath5k card is known to work with it (report from philv from #gdium on
> freenode), and I'd guess other ath5k and the newer ath9k minipci cards
> would work as well (although for some of the ath9k cards you may need to
> route your own 3rd antenna wire).
>
> There is someone (BLUG_Fred from #gdium on freenode) looking into
> getting Ralink to release code or enough specs for others to write code
> for the factory-installed card.
>
> > I retrieved sources of the kernel used by mandriva.
> > Where can I get sources of the gNewSense mips kernel?
>
> I'd assume there are just the usual source debs, but Robert will have
> the canonical answer to that question (not online atm so can't check for
> you).
>
> --
> Daniel JB Clark   | Sys Admin, Free Software Foundation
> pobox.com/~dclark <http://pobox.com/%7Edclark> |
> http://www.fsf.org/about/staff#danny
>
> I didn't look for enough information. I am frustrated.
Ashamed, I will build a kernel without this support once I know the linux
config penance in deep.
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