Re: [Devil-linux-develop] latest changes to 1.3.. more updates :)

[Diego T. <dt...@co...>]

On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 10:26:14AM -0400, Heiko Zuerker wrote:

> I actually had this on my list, but there's some more work to be done. 
> The are new components for hostap (like wpa_supplicant, or whatever the 
> name was).

wpa_supplicant & friends aren't need for normal operation, but... who
defines normal? :)

if you use hostap, you should copy the drivers from hostap-drivers-0.2.4
to the pcmcia-cs package, then compile. hostap enables firmware
uploading in a very safe way (does version&compatibility checkings)

if you use linux-wlan-ng, disable the kernel module version. somewhere
in time, it provided prism2dl, that updates the firmware but can kill
your wireless card if you choose the wrong firmware version.

don't use both at the same time. this is important. there are cards
supported with both packages, and wont work like you want if you have
two modules at the same time loaded.

firmware upgrade is useful because you can make your board act as an AP,
enable WDSS and a lot of more advanced stuff (bugfixing, for example).

if you're using a motherboard with problems on the APIC (and then the
information from irq lines is wrong/missing), you probably couldn't use
pcmcia-cs, and should stick to the in-kernel pcmcia support. then hostap
is not an option for you, and you should use linux-wlan-ng (my case).
this is because hostap can't be used with newer kernels (>2.4.24).

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