[PlanetCCRMA] Wireless Module iwl3945
Hector Centeno
hcengar@gmail.com
Wed Jul 4 20:06:01 2007
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I'll test your modules on my laptop when they are ready and I'll let you
know how they compare with the other ones.
Thanks!
Hector
On 7/4/07, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando@ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 21:16 -0400, Hector Centeno wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been using the ipw945 packages installed directly from Freshrpms
> > and they work fine in my laptop with Fedora 7. The packages installed
> > are:
> >
> > http://moonshine.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=397 (dkms-ipw3945)
> > http://moonshine.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=401 (ipw3945d)
> > http://moonshine.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=399 (ipw3945-firmware)
> >
> > The first one requires the kernel-devel and dkms packages to install.
> > After installing and rebooting my wireless was working (no extra
> > tweaking needed and also the light and switch on the front of the
> > laptop worked) and better than with the stock fedora kernel and it's
> > iwl3945 module. I've been able to connect to different public wireless
> > access points with and without encryption but sometimes it takes more
> > than one try. I used the same packages from freshrpms with Fedora Core
> > 6 before on the same laptop and it connected much easier.
>
> Thanks for the update...
>
> I'm building ipw3945 packages for the rt kernels, but they are based on
> the kmod style packaging of kernel modules (which I sort of don't like
> but is the "standard" for fcx). There are at least two other standards
> for kernel module packaging, dkms which is used by freshrpms and another
> that is used by Axel in atrpms (don't remember the name). So many
> solutions for one problem - and the discussions around them are
> sometimes bizantine.
>
> I have not done very extensive testing but it seems to work fine in my
> case as well.
>
> -- Fernando
>
>
>
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I'll test your modules on my laptop when they are ready and I'll let you know how they compare with the other ones.<br><br>Thanks!<br><br>Hector<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Fernando Lopez-Lezcano</b> <<a href="mailto:nando@ccrma.stanford.edu">nando@ccrma.stanford.edu</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 21:16 -0400, Hector Centeno wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>><br>> I've been using the ipw945 packages installed directly from Freshrpms<br>> and they work fine in my laptop with Fedora 7. The packages installed
<br>> are:<br>><br>> <a href="http://moonshine.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=397">http://moonshine.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=397</a> (dkms-ipw3945)<br>> <a href="http://moonshine.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=401">http://moonshine.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=401
</a> (ipw3945d)<br>> <a href="http://moonshine.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=399">http://moonshine.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=399</a> (ipw3945-firmware)<br>><br>> The first one requires the kernel-devel and dkms packages to install.
<br>> After installing and rebooting my wireless was working (no extra<br>> tweaking needed and also the light and switch on the front of the<br>> laptop worked) and better than with the stock fedora kernel and it's
<br>> iwl3945 module. I've been able to connect to different public wireless<br>> access points with and without encryption but sometimes it takes more<br>> than one try. I used the same packages from freshrpms with Fedora Core
<br>> 6 before on the same laptop and it connected much easier.<br><br>Thanks for the update...<br><br>I'm building ipw3945 packages for the rt kernels, but they are based on<br>the kmod style packaging of kernel modules (which I sort of don't like
<br>but is the "standard" for fcx). There are at least two other standards<br>for kernel module packaging, dkms which is used by freshrpms and another<br>that is used by Axel in atrpms (don't remember the name). So many
<br>solutions for one problem - and the discussions around them are<br>sometimes bizantine.<br><br>I have not done very extensive testing but it seems to work fine in my<br>case as well.<br><br>-- Fernando<br><br><br></blockquote>
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