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Subject: Re: Atheros card in HP Pavilion dv5000
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            Gary Corcoran <gcorcoran@rcn.com> writes:
: M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > What do I need to do to get around the ***STUPID*** bios restriction
: > that is in my HP Pavilion dv5000?  I have a broadcom unit:
: > 
: > none3@pci6:2:0: class=0x028000 card=0x1358103c chip=0x431914e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
: >     vendor   = 'Broadcom Corporation'
: >     device   = 'Dell Wireless 1470 DualBand WLAN'
: >     class    = network
: 
: Just out of curiosity...
: 
: Did your HP notebook really come with a _Dell_ wireless card in it?
: ;-)

No.  That's just pciconf -lv's idea of what it is...  My guess is that
it is an OEM card that somehow attracted Dell's name to it in the
database...

Warner