On 28/11/06, Erik Hemdal <ehemdal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Another vote for the Intel cards. There are some recent postings about getting these cards working. It's not transparent -- you have to have the proper firmware for the Intel card -- but it isn't too hard to get this going. As has been mentioned elsewhere, Broadcom doesn't provide open source drivers.
That's why I was very explicit in the Dell feedback form about not minding paying a few extra bucks for hardware that works under linux. Not supported (which Dell seems so afraid of), but works.
As I understand it, Intel has to do it this way so that they can have an open-source driver and still maintain compliance with radio-interference regulations. I'm not an expert about the rules, but I have seen RF interference cause some really difficult problems at work, so I don't minimize that requirement.
Ah, have people been hacking the open source driver to make it more powerful? Ruining everybody else's good time just to boot their own signal? You'll have them in every lot.
I've recently been dealing with its sister card, the 2915ABG which uses a similar driver scheme as the 3945. The Intel documents that I found recommended a newer version of firmware than what is available via yum. I'd appreciate hearing about your experience in setting it up.
I'll probably see the machine in two or three weeks. I'll document what I've done to get the card working, and let you know. I've been googling a bit, and it seems that the card is fairly well supported, so I don't expect any major problems. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com/what_is/opera.html http://song-lyriks.com/
