Subject: Re: Prism 2.5
To: Charles M. Hannum <abuse@spamalicious.com>
From: Florian Stoehr <netbsd@wolfnode.de>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 09/27/2004 20:48:46
On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Charles M. Hannum wrote:

> On Monday 27 September 2004 15:20, Florian Stoehr wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > just bought a card (Saneo SL-2511 EXT 2) with Prism 2.5 chipset, firmware
> > 1.4.9
> >
> > Hm ...
> >
> > The card won't be recognized (1.6ZK / i386). Strange, since several sites
> > (including an OEM manufacurer) report this card will work with the
> > wi-driver.
> >
> > Now has anyone out there such a card or can tell me whether it will run
> > with a different firmware? Or hasn't the wi driver been FULLY ported from
> > FreeBSD?
>
> The wi driver in NetBSD has little relationship to the FreeBSD version any
> more -- which is generally a good thing.
>
> Most likely, you just need to add the vendor/product IDs to the table in
> if_wi_pcmcia.c to get it recognized.
>

Ah, good to know - I'll give that a try!

Thanks
Florian