[wellylug] Modem upload problems - solved

[Richard Hector]

On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 01:37:23PM +1200, Richard Hector wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 12:26:55PM +1200, Lyndsay Mountfort wrote:
> > 
> > So I guess that's one more device that gets a big Linux tick. BTW I also
> > have their PCMCIA 802.11g wireless card, which also works out-of-the box
> > PnP with Mepis. Even in that other OS I had to install drivers.
> 
> Have you got the DSE code for that WiFi card handy? And do you know
> what chipset it has?

Never mind. I've had a look on the DSE site, and assuming you have
XH8225, it is an atheros based card with madwifi drivers, which due to
FCC regulations (and possibly similar ones here) have a binary-only
module, which taints the kernel.

So for those of us who don't like to run non-free code (and especially
non-free kernel code), it isn't an option.

Thanks,

Richard