bug#225: Driver request.

package: linux

----- Forwarded message from Jeff Mock <jeff <at> mock.com> -----

At 04:38 PM 12/31/2002 -0800, Nick Moffitt wrote:
>[discussion moved to lnx-bbc-devel]
>
>begin  Jeff Mock  quotation:
>> I supposed everyone has their favorite feature, I just downloaded a
>> build from 12/31.  I quite like it and I have two little
>> configuration features requests that would make me happy...
>>
>>   Add orinoco_pci for PRISM2.5 wireless support.  For me, my T23
>>   Thinkpad with built-in wireless (mini-PCI, not PCMCIA) needs this.
>
>        Do you mean to say that the module is not included, or that
>discover does not detect and load it?  Are you not able to modprobe it
>from the shell?

The module is not included.  I believe the kernel config option is
CONFIG_PCI_HERMES.  This adds orinoco_pci.o to orinoco.o and orinoco_cs.o.
I think it's quite small.

I agree with the trimming that you've done on all of the possible
PRISM wireless driver possibilities, except that the pci version
shows up on a lot of machines with the PRISM 2.5 chip.

I am using
   http://www.lnx-bbc.org/builds/bbc-2002-12-31T00:31:13-0800.iso