On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 10:11:18AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, John W. Linville wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 07:04:10AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > so, is there, somewhere, a set of instructions that actually > > > represents a solution, and which doesn't contain the phrase "and if > > > that doesn't work, try ..." somewhere in the middle? > > > > For the BCM4318? No. Some 4318-based cards work w/ one driver, > > some with another, and some with neither. Complain to Broadcom, > above, you point out that some 4318-based cards work with one > driver, some with another driver and so on. fair enough. but is > there a way, as i'm working my way thru the configuration, to know > ASAP whether it will work for *me*? No. With the 4318 we don't know how the hardware works. The fact that some hardware works with one driver or another is as much luck as anything. I assure you that we are not trying to torture you -- if we knew how to make that card work reliably then we would do it. John -- John W. Linville linville@xxxxxxxxxx
