From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:00:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 16:59:58 -0500 Received: from berta.E-Technik.Uni-Dortmund.DE ([129.217.182.12]:25096 "HELO kt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 16:59:52 -0500 Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 23:06:55 +0100 From: Wolfgang Wegner To: Jules Kongslie Cc: Karen Shaeffer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Prism 2.5 Wavelan chipset Message-ID: <20021120230655.A5805@bigmac.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de> References: <20021119153059.A5143@synapse.neuralscape.com> <1037826932.7092.6.camel@cassius.omgwallhack.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1037826932.7092.6.camel@cassius.omgwallhack.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, concerning all intersil-based cards, the linux-wlan-ng driver seems much more efficient than the in-kernel or pcmcia-cs code. However, linux-wlan-ng supports only prism cards. In general, if you have a low-performance machine, go for a real PCI card (like one of those mini-pci boards on a pci adaptor card, like the Tekram PC-400 or what it's name is). The pcmcia cards (at least those non-cardbus, i did not have my hands on a cardbus card yet) impose a great load on the machine for transferring the data over the "ISA" bus. (That's another big problem of the in-kernel and pcmcia-cs "orinoco" drivers: for full-size packets, interrupts are blocked for almost 1ms for every packet. Not a problem on a GHz machine, but ugly on a 75MHz pentium 8) ) Regards, Wolfgang