Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 21:26:42 +0200 From: Christian Walther <cptsalek@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de>, stable-list freebsd <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: if_wpi is all kinds of broken Message-ID: <AANLkTikfQAoHYYDhs9175v-h-wtXNeiQOvfT58wPZhLI@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005170849230.71127@wonkity.com> References: <4BF0EDC9.3090603@bsdforen.de> <4BF15A62.7070602@janh.de> <AANLkTikUjqe0qkGQuNOwU7TqYokwYeg4_TPsrbSBeBqR@mail.gmail.com> <4BF14C8C.1030804@bsdforen.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005170849230.71127@wonkity.com>
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Hi, On 17 May 2010 17:05, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Mon, 17 May 2010, Dominic Fandrey wrote: >>[...] > The ipw card in my T42 is the older mini-PCI (no "e"). Yes, and replacing this card is a problem, because the wireless card in many IBM Thinkpad Laptops have a custom firmware, and the cards ID is listed in the laptops BIOS. It won't work with any card not listed there. There are ways to either flash the cards firmware or the BIOS list, but I don't think that it's worth it. Regards Christian Walther
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