From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757187AbYBQPaS (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:30:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753874AbYBQPaG (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:30:06 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:56930 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752447AbYBQPaF (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:30:05 -0500 Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:29:27 -0800 From: Arjan van de Ven To: "Hans J. Koch" Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: What's needed for a PCIe card to be recognized? Message-ID: <20080217072927.4b6c5964@laptopd505.fenrus.org> In-Reply-To: <20080217133753.661cd98d@bluebox.local> References: <20080216225932.22460d31@dilbert.local> <20080216143946.6d532a41@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20080217015453.2a4e4142@dilbert.local> <20080216182939.061c7246@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20080217133753.661cd98d@bluebox.local> Organization: Intel X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.2.0 (GTK+ 2.12.5; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:37:53 +0100 "Hans J. Koch" wrote: > > Of course there's no driver for the wlan, but that's a different > > story ;) > > I replaced that unsupported Atheros 5007 card with an ipw3945, so I > haven't got that problem. oh but then you have a MUCH bigger problem ;( The bios of that animal is hardcoded to the 5007 (or at least Atheros). If you stick your own card in, for FCC reasons, the bios refuses the card. (this is not unique to Asus; all notebooks do this for cards they're not certified with. This apparently has to do with the antenna being part of the laptop, and thus part of the radio in FCC speak) -- If you want to reach me at my work email, use arjan@linux.intel.com For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org