Re: implementing wireless support

2004-06-06 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 12:28:44AM -0500, Christian Betz wrote: > What else? Firmware. A lot of newer WiFi cards need firmware loading, and we need a way to get that into the system. Even stock-kernel drivers often need a separate firmware file, because it's specific to the card model and/or is

Re: implementing wireless support

2004-06-06 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Christian Betz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1) the hardware detection need to be extended to USB and PCMCIA > devices Maybe not PCMCIA, since we already invoke cardmgr at startup to handle PCMCIA network adapters. Don't most of the CardBus adapters just show up as PCI devices anyway? For USB,

Re: International KB837272 ?

2004-06-06 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
"Patrick J. LoPresti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, it is "Microsoft Tuesday", and Linux 2.6.6 was recently > released. So it is almost time for Unattended 4.2. > > One sticking point is update 837272 > (http://support.microsoft.com/?id=837272). So far, I have only seen > the English-lang

implementing wireless support

2004-06-06 Thread Christian Betz
Hello Everyone, I'd like to help with implementing wireless support for the linux boot disk -- specifically wireless usb and pcmcia devices. I'm curious as to what everyone's thoughts are on the issue. What steps need to be taken to get wireless working? As far as I can tell: 1) the hardware de