Wireless card στο linux

[Alexandros Papadopoulos]

On Tuesday 06 March 2007 20:52, Θοδωρής Λύτρας wrote:
> Θέλω να αγοράσω μια wireless κάρτα για το φορητό μου, PCMCIA ή USB. Έχει
> δοκιμάσει κανείς κάποιο συγκεκριμένο μοντέλο που από την εμπειρία του να
> παίζει σε linux? (και ιδιαίτερα σε SUSE?)

Μήπως θα είχε νόημα μια σελίδα στο wiki που να καταγράφει κατασκευαστή, 
marketing brand, chipset, lspci -vvv output και driver με τον οποίο παίζει η 
εκάστοτε κάρτα;

Πχ σ'ένα IBM Thinkpad T23 παίζει το εξής εδώ και πολλά χρόνια (αλλά είναι 
built-in)

0000:02:02.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation Prism 2.5 Wavelan 
chipset (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Actiontec Electronics Inc: Unknown device 0406
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- 
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32 bytes)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
        Region 0: Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA 
PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

root at ubuntu:~# modinfo orinoco
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.15-28-386/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.ko
author:         Pavel Roskin <proski at gnu.org> & David Gibson 
<hermes at gibson.dropbear.id.au>
description:    Driver for Lucent Orinoco, Prism II based and similar wireless 
cards
license:        Dual MPL/GPL
vermagic:       2.6.15-28-386 preempt 486 gcc-4.0
depends:        hermes
srcversion:     27AD372CEF54014E8486762
parm:           force_monitor:Allow monitor mode for all firmware versions 
(int)
parm:           ignore_disconnect:Don't report lost link to the network layer 
(int)
parm:           suppress_linkstatus:Don't log link status changes (bool)

root at ubuntu:~# modinfo orinoco_pci
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.15-28-386/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco_pci.ko
author:         Pavel Roskin <proski at gnu.org> & David Gibson 
<hermes at gibson.dropbear.id.au>
description:    Driver for wireless LAN cards using direct PCI interface
license:        Dual MPL/GPL
vermagic:       2.6.15-28-386 preempt 486 gcc-4.0
depends:        orinoco,hermes
alias:          pci:v00001260d00003872sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001260d00003873sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000167Dd0000A000sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
srcversion:     DC0DD7D2B56E1D8CA0509ED

root at ubuntu:~# modinfo hermes
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.15-28-386/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/hermes.ko
description:    Low-level driver helper for Lucent Hermes chipset and Prism II 
HFA384x wireless MAC controller
author:         Pavel Roskin <proski at gnu.org> & David Gibson 
<hermes at gibson.dropbear.id.au>
license:        Dual MPL/GPL
vermagic:       2.6.15-28-386 preempt 486 gcc-4.0
depends:
srcversion:     FBEF6B9C1327F60F9AF7C53

-A