Re: [Wirelessdriver-support] How does wireless driver support Cardbus on Lombard laptops?

[Rob M. <ro...@ma...>]

I've got a PowerBook 101-series as well (frequently called Lombard).  I=20=

don't have a CardBus card handy, but it might very well be a problem on=20=

Apple's end.

The Intersil and Lucent cards are 16-bit PCMCIA cards and don't use the=20=

32-bit CardBus spec and thus work differently in the OS.  I'll make=20
some inquiries and see if I can find anything out.

-Rob


On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 10:03 AM, Ron Benoit wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> First, this is not a wireless driver problem or feature request.  I=20
> have a Orinoco Silver card, and have never had problems with 5.1beta=20=

> (except that I can't use WEP with my NetGear MR314 router... but=20
> that's another story).  Hats off to the authors and the numerous folks=20=

> on the list who assist others.
>
> This question has to do with how the 5.1 beta overcomes a major=20
> problem with the Lombard laptops and 10.2.3 with respect to Cardbus=20
> support.  It appears that Cardbus is not fully supported on Lombard in=20=

> version 10.2.x.  I have been reading may such issues on Apple's=20
> support forums, and I have officially received the following reply=20
> from Asante:
> -------------
> Ron,
>
> The PowerBook/G3 Series
> (Bronze Keyboard)
>
> Codename: 101, Lombard
> CPU: PowerPC 750
> CPU speed: 333/400 Mhz
>
> This failure has been verified by Asant=E9 in Apple's Labs.  This is =
an=20
> issue
> with the Operating System (and Apple un-officially agrees with this
> assessment by Asant=E9).  The CardBus card is not supported in the=20
> Lombard
> series G3 with OS/10.2.3.  The issue here is a CardBus issue and not a
> problem with the up-grade card in this laptop.
> -------------
>
> I have been trying to get an Asante 10/100 Friendlynet card working=20
> since Jaguar was released.  They say it's a cardbus issue (supposedly=20=

> confirmed by Apple, but there are no tech notes to support it).  I say=20=

> they are full of crap because my Orinoco Silver card (cardbus) works=20=

> just fine.  However, a lot of folks with Wallstreet and Lombard=20
> laptops are having a lot of cardbus issues.
>
> So the question is, is there some sort of fix for these cardbus issues=20=

> in the wireless driver code?
>
> Thanks in advance!   A very happy yet very frustrated user. -Ron
>
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