satoshi nagayasu wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm working on linux about past 10 years, but now new to Solaris.
>
> I'm finding the way to work my ThinkPad X30 wireless network (prism2.5
> mini-pci)
> on solaris 10. I can't find device driver for prism2.5.
>
> BTW, my wireless lan work well under Linux.
>
> Any information or suggestion?
>
>
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I think the pcpw driver in OpenSolaris either currently supports or will
soon support the miniPCI prism. (There were issues with it the last
time I looked, but I've had some communication with the author of pcpw.
I wrote a closed-source Solaris PRISM 2.5 driver we offer at Tadpole
with our hardware. We currently do not offer it except with our
hardware, but I'm hoping I'll be able to provide the source under an OSS
license soon.)
There is an excellent chance that you can replace the PRISM with an
Atheros miniPCI card. This would give better support, and better
performance as well. It will also let you use WPA, which I'm not sure
that you will be able to do with the pcpw driver. (Certainly, the PRISM
hardware lacks cryptographic hardware for certain parts of WPA and WPA2.)
-- Garrett
--
Garrett D'Amore, Principal Software Engineer
Tadpole Computer / Computing Technologies Division,
General Dynamics C4 Systems
http://www.tadpolecomputer.com/
Phone: 951 325-2134 Fax: 951 325-2191
