Re: LUG: LUG@NCSU InstallFest Registration Form for Ryan Collins - Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:49:50 -0400

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

From : Baird Hendrix <bmhendri@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:49:50 -0400

Jeremy Katz wrote:

>On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 08:51 -0400, Sean Dilda wrote:
>
>
>>Baird Hendrix wrote:
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>>
>>>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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>
>
Oh, I thought he was talking about wireless. Sorry!