Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 vs. Broadcom BCM9430x | From | Disconnect <> | Date | 12 Jun 2003 13:22:01 -0400 |
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On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 13:08, Davide Libenzi wrote: > On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Marc Sowen wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > > > I hope this is not too off-topic, but the fact is that neither the Intel > > PRO/Wireless 2100 (Centrino) chipset nor the Broadcom BCM9430x (e.g. > > Dell Truemobile 1180/1300/1400) chipset is currently supported in Linux > > due to FCC regulation problems. > > > > Anyhow, I plan to get a new Notebook within the next 2 or 3 weeks and I > > need to decide, whether to go for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 or the > > Broadcom BCM9430x chipset. I know it's hard to say, but what do you > > think, which company (Intel or Broadcom) is more likely to release the > > necessary documents and/or drivers for their chipsets? Both companys > > seem to ignore all inquiries concerning Linux support at the moment. > > I used to win the "Dumb context 2003" by buying a laptop w/out checking > the hw compatibility list. It was first sight love :) Now after a series > of custom patches (SiS chipset, pcmcia irq selection, local apic,...) > everything is working fine but the Broadcom integrated WLAN. I suggest you > to go with a machine w/out the integrated WLAN and then buy a supported > pcmcia card (orinoco prismII works great on my machine). To understand who > between Intel and Broadcom will first release specs, take a look at their > web sites for documentation/specs. The answer will become pretty easy.
Find out which one is in that linksys possible-gpl-violation and use that one. (I think its broadcom.)
FWIW I got my laptop with the broadcom (dell truemobile) intentionally, as it is useful under XP and might eventually work under Linux. (Then I bought the older truemobile, the 1150 I think, for $80 or so. Swapped right in, leaving the pcmcia slot for my ipaq's hdd, etc. Even the Fn-wireless button correctly turns the radio on/off, although Linux has no way to detect it except loss of signal.)
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