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It turns out that there *is* some nascent support for that chip, so 2.6
and AMD64 support is probably at least feasible if not a no-brainer.
- Jeff
On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 19:33, Geoffrey wrote:
> Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > So what's a readily-available (i.e., Best Buy) good-drivered 802.11b or
> > g wireless PCMCIA card?
>
> I picked up a 3com b/g card that has native Linux support
> (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.prism54.org">http://www.prism54.org</a>). I successfully got it talking to a b card,
> which is a no-name prism card as well.
>
> I picked up another prism54 card at Compusa yesterday for $29 after
> rebate. 79 before rebate is not bad for a g card and linux drivers.
> I'm building a box to test it with as I had to upgrade/patch the kernel
> and build the prism54 drivers. My 3com card is in my Emperor Linux
> laptop and the Emperor kernel supports it.
>
> I'll likely get back to it later tonight, if/when I do, I'll post on my
> progress. If I get these two cards talking at 54 I'll be pretty pleased.
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