Re: wg511 trouble: PCI: ... unknown header 7f

Hi again,

I just have looked at the Netgear homepages. I could not find any hints
for a version 2 of the WG511. But I noticed that they also sell a WG511T
(108Mbit/s) and a WAG511 (802.11a/b/g). These cards might not work with
the prism54 driver.

Kasper

Kasper Fischer schrieb:

>Hi John,
>
>are you sure that your Netgear WG511 card has a TI chip? Is it something
>like Version 2 of the WG511? If so this should be mentioned somewhere on
>the 'supported cards' page. The WG511 I own is working with the prism
>driver and has an Intersil chip.
>
>I hope that the manufactures of this card will stop to change the
>hardwre while keeping the name. It would help the Linux-comunity a lot.
>
>Kasper
>
>John Bucy schrieb:
>
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>>On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 12:10:06PM -0500, John Bucy wrote:
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>>>On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 03:27, Kasper Fischer wrote:
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>>>>Hi John,
>>>>
>>>>I did have similar problems on my Acer Travelmate 613TXC. I solved the
>>>>problem by using the boot-parameters 'pci=noacpi,scanbus,lastbus=9' . 
>>>>You can place it in your lilo.conf file. For more details have a look at
>>>>/usr/src/linux/Documents/kernel-params.txt (or something similar, I am
>>>>working on a different computer right now).
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>>>I just tried that; it didn't make any difference.
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>>According to a Windows box, this card has a TI chip .... *sigh*
>>
>>I think I'm going to try an SMC2835W next ...
>>
>>
>>
>>john
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