Bernd Schemmer wrote:
> William Pool wrote:
>
>> I'm talking about replacing the onboard wifi card which is MiniPCI to
>> a support internal card. I found a few I'm looking at.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> For what it's worth:
>
> I replaced the internal wifi card of the Ferrari 4005 yesterday with
> an Intel PRO Wireless 2200BG card - works perfect with the iwi drivers
> from the OpenSolaris page.
>
> The only drawback : You can't switch the WIFI on and off with the
> button in front of the Ferrari. The button only turns the blue light
> on and off.
Heh. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Intel's Wireless devices are
really tied to their motherboards BIOS in this regard -- possibly
relying on ACPI to control the RF switch. Intel doesn't sell their
parts except as part of a "Centrino" bundle.
Most other devices (PRISM, Atheros, and Conexant WorldRadio/GT/Duette)
all use one of the pins (23? don't recall for sure) that is otherwise
"undefined" in the miniPCI spec for this purpose.
I expect an Atheros part would not suffer this problem. :-)
-- Garrett
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