Re: [iPAQ] question: Ipaq & 802.11

[Spyros Potamianos]
> I have just installed v0.16 on my brand new ipaq and I would like
> to be able to use Lucent's gold wavelan (802.11) card.
> Unfortunatelly I get a kernel "oops" similar to the one described
> by other people in the list.

Sweet! I'm not quite as much of a nutcase as originally though!
(converses hold true... right?? :)

> Is there any version where this card works? and if so, which
> versions of the init/root/usr/zimage cramfs should I use?

v0.17 works *but*, make sure to not bother with rmmod/insmod of the
wvlan_cs driver :)

 - edit /etc/pcmcia/config.opts
   - near the bottom is a couple of commented-out lines for wvlan_cs
   - pass in the opts section appropriate
        channel/port_type/station_name/network_name settings
     for mine:
        opts "port_type=3 channel=1 station_name=iPAQ network_name=Porivo"
     port_type=3 ==> ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) network (access pt soon, i hope :)
     channel=1 ==> channel to use for communications
     station_name/network_name ==> guess :)
 - /etc/init.d/pcmcia stop
 - /etc/init.d/pcmcia start
   - (pcmcia restart gave problems a couple of times, but the above
      two are probably now safely in the "hysterical raisins" section,
      YMMV, HTH, HAND)
 - for making the change permanent, re-mkcramfs the appropriate piece
   (doing that this morning once I get to work, so if anyone wants to
    fill in this section, I'd be *most* appreciative :)

If someone wants me to wiki this (once complete :), just tell me the
appropriate section :)

James

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