Bug#501157: linux-image-2.6.26: New Intel Wifi Link 5100 and 5300.

Package: linux-image-2.6.26-1-686
Version: 2.6.26-5
Severity: wishlist

Hello,

Intel has a new wireless chipset. Laptops with those chipset are currently
hitting the market, and we can assume they will replace the 3965/4965 soon.

Are there any plan (and any chance) to have them supported in Lenny ?
It seems that the driver is getting merged in upstream kernel 2.6.27.

On August 13, 2008 Tomas Winkler Wrote (on linux-kernel[1] ):
> Intel would like to announce Linux support  for Wifi Link 5000 and
> 5100 Series Adapters under iwlwifi driver (iwlagn.ko)
> 
> The Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 Series and 5300 is a families of IEEE
> 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N1 wireless network
> adapters that operate in both the 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz spectra. These
> adapters, available
> in both PCIe* Mini Card and Half Mini Card form factor
> 5100 1x2 MIMO up to 300Mbps
> 5300 3x3 MIMO up to 450Mbps

A summary of this discussion will be available in the wiki page :
  http://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi

Thanks,

Franklin