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Cc: stable-list freebsd <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>,
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Subject: Re: if_wpi is all kinds of broken
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On 17/05/2010 23:29, Warren Block wrote:
> On Mon, 17 May 2010, Christian Walther wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Just because I have this link handy:
>   http://www.paul.sladen.org/thinkpad-r31/wifi-card-pci-ids.html
> 
> That also has a link to some information on HP's version of the same thing.

The official genuine parts list for my notebook only lists Intel and
Boradcom wireless modules. So I suppose I'll just have to risk
buying a PCIe Atheros that I cannot use.

Regards

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