Re: My Laptop

["Stuart D. Gathman" <stuart gathman org>]

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007, Larry Finger wrote:

> Stuart D. Gathman wrote:
> >      ...., but I got kernel exceptions, DMA exception, and eventually the
> >  system froze.  I would say it is not ready for prime time.  (I will be
> >  looking for where to helpfully report the exceptions for those trying to
> >  debug the thing.  I suspect donations of relevant hardware are most
> >  useful.) No problems with the zd1211 driver and USB key.
>
> I'm sorry that you had troubles with the BCM94311MCG in your laptop, but I 
> think most of your problems are fixed in driver b43 in any of the 2.6.24-rcX 
> kernels. In any case, the place to report such problems is 
> bcm43xx-dev lists berlios de 

FC8 has 2.6.23.  I suppose FC9 might do the trick.  Or maybe they'll backport
some fixes.

Even when internal wireless works (and I have a PCMCIA card with working
linux support, which is similar in usability to internal), I still prefer
external USB wireless for the reasons mentioned (can be positioned
independently from the laptop).

But it is nice when the internal wireless is available in case you need it.

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