[PlanetCCRMA] Wireless Module iwl3945

[Hector Centeno]

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 at 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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