On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 08:50:32AM -0600, Phil Meyer wrote: > Mark Haney wrote: > >Okay, I"ve asked on another list and haven't had a response, so I > >thought I'd ask here. I've been reading the changelog for the .22 > >kernel and I'm really interested in the new WiFi architecture rewrite in > >it. I noticed that only a handful of drivers were stable in that > >kernel, but that other drivers (including my broadcom card) drivers were > >in the upstream kernel still being tested. > > > >Here's my question, how will the .22 kernel work with an old driver > >setup? Will I still be able to use my broadcom/ndiswrapper combo until > >the new driver is available, or should I just avoid the .22 kernel until > >the driver support is better? > > > >I've read that Fedora and Ubuntu already are using the new driver models > >(or something along those lines) so what's been the experience so far? > > > > > > No love for me yet: > > 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN > Mini-PCI Card (rev 01) > > Kernel 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 Requires newer firmware. > > The card seems to function, but never will negotiate an IP under any > circumstances. Not will it accept a fixed IP. Did you try using the script at the URL below to force your system to use the older bcm43xx driver? https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2007-July/msg02069.html John -- John W. Linville linville@xxxxxxxxxx
