On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Ted Unangst <ted.unan...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Mike Small <sma...@panix.com> wrote: >> You might want to try 4.5 and see if that works for you. I have a wi in >> an old dell laptop too that no longer got detected as of 4.6. If anyone >> wants to see it for some reason, I can post a dmesg tomorrow sometime. > > Please file a bug with more details. If an old driver for old > hardware that used to work stops, it's more likely a system change > than a driver change. ACPI is a popular victim to blame these days, > and if the bug is something like PC card slots don't work anymore, > that will affect a lot more people than just those still using wi.
I have two Lucent Technologies WaveLAN cards (silver) with the latest firmware on them (station, 8.72.1); both are working fine on -current.