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prism54 is for full-MAC only

prism54 is for full-MAC only

Posted Jun 21, 2005 16:11 UTC (Tue) by proski (subscriber, #104)
In reply to: - sorting out non-free firmware by jonth
Parent article: Debian release team meeting minutes

The prism54 driver only works with devices that support "full-MAC" firmware. Devices that require "thin-MAC" firmware are not supported. More details in the Wireless HOWTO by Jean Tourrilhes.


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prism54 is for full-MAC only

Posted Jun 22, 2005 3:14 UTC (Wed) by Ross (subscriber, #4065) [Link]

What I have always wondered is how you can tell the difference? Often the
hardware manufacturer changes things without changing the name of the
product. I'm not going to be able to look at the chip ids or serial numbers
before I buy something.

I wish I could find an a/b/g PCMCIA card which worked with GPL drivers...

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