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 <jketreno@linux.co.intel.com>
> >-----
> >
> >Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 14:24:06 -0600
> >From: James Ketrenos <jketreno@linux.co.intel.com>
> >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
>
>
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