On Mar 09 2004, at 18:03, Austin Godber was caught saying: > Thanks for pointing that out Deepak. I wonder what they do to keep > people from fiddling with the software programable frequencies these > radios allegedly have. Binary-only firmware download through the driver. ~Deepak > > Austin > > Deepak Saxena wrote: > >Centrino wireless support for Linux... > > > >~Deepak > > > >----- Forwarded message from James Ketrenos > >----- > > > >Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 14:24:06 -0600 > >From: James Ketrenos > >To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > >Subject: [Announce] Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 802.11b driver > > > >I am pleased to announce the launch of an open source development project > >for > >the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 miniPCI network adapter. The project has been > >created and is hosted at http://ipw2100.sf.net. > > > >The driver, as it currently stands, is able to associate and communicate in > >Infrastructure mode. Support for both 2.4 and 2.6 is available. We are > >releasing this driver now as "early beta" code to get feedback and help > >in the development, so expect bugs (and please report them)! Of course > >Intel will continue the effort (as part of this Open Source project). > >We are planning to add support of all key wireless features (adhoc, WEP, > >etc) > >over the next few months, quicker with help from others in the community. > > > >NOTE: Let me reiterate -- this driver is in active development. Features > >and > >capabilities available on other operating systems have not all been > >implemented > >at this time. This includes wireless features (adhoc, wep) as well as > >performance and power savings. > > > >I look forward to working with the community to improve and enhance the > >driver. > >So if you have an Intel wireless 802.11b miniPCI network adapter in your > >laptop... download the bits, give it a whirl, and let me know how it goes. > >Please also let us know if you encounter any problems that may be related > >to > >specific distributions. > > > >Thanks, > >James Ketrenos > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Deepak Saxena - dsaxena at plexity dot net - http://www.plexity.net/ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss