Am Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:29:27 -0800 schrieb Arjan van de Ven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:37:53 +0100 > "Hans J. Koch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Of course there's no driver for the wlan, but that's a different > > > story ;) > > > > I replaced that unsupported Atheros 5007 card with an ipw3945, so I > > haven't got that problem. > > oh but then you have a MUCH bigger problem ;( > The bios of that animal is hardcoded to the 5007 (or at least > Atheros). If you stick your own card in, for FCC reasons, the bios > refuses the card. (this is not unique to Asus; all notebooks do this > for cards they're not certified with. This apparently has to do with > the antenna being part of the laptop, and thus part of the radio in > FCC speak) Someone claims he's done it: http://beta.ivancover.com/wiki/index.php/Eee_PC_Internal_Upgrades#Wifi Hans -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
