Re: LUG: LUG@NCSU InstallFest Registration Form for Ryan Collins - Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:13:19 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: LUG@NCSU InstallFest Registration Form for Ryan Collins

From : Jeremy Katz <katzj@linuxpower.[redacted]>

Date : Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:13:19 -0400

On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 08:51 -0400, Sean Dilda wrote:
> Baird Hendrix wrote:
> > Hey, another potential lappy Linux user! That Broadcomm card will be a
> > bit interesting to get to work,
>
> Not necessarily. Many broadcom netxtreme chips work fine with the tg3
> driver. Or at least the ones in the Dell PE 1750's and IBM e325. Don't
> know exactly what rev is in the t43p, so I can't compare directly.

Yeah, the ethernet card should just use the tg3 driver and be fine. The
Broadcom stuff that is problematic is their wireless chips.

But for a Thinkpad, the wireless is probably the ipw chip which just
requires downloading the firmware separately and dropping it
in /lib/firmware

Jeremy

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