Re: My Laptop

[Matthew Saltzman <mjs CLEMSON EDU>]

On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 17:00 -0500, Stuart D. Gathman wrote:
> 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.

Fedora generally releases kernel updates fairly quickly to track
upstream (though they have patches to port forward before they are
ready).  There's no 2.6.24 in updates-testing yet, however.
kernel-2.6.23.9-85 is there.

> 
> 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.
> 
-- 
                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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