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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-04-16 18:20:36 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-04-16 18:20:36 -0400 |
commit | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (patch) | |
tree | 0bba044c4ce775e45a88a51686b5d9f90697ea9d /Documentation/networking/wavelan.txt |
Linux-2.6.12-rc2v2.6.12-rc2
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history,
even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git
archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about
3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early
git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good
infrastructure for it.
Let it rip!
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1 | The Wavelan drivers saga | ||
2 | ------------------------ | ||
3 | |||
4 | By Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com> | ||
5 | |||
6 | The Wavelan is a Radio network adapter designed by | ||
7 | Lucent. Under this generic name is hidden quite a variety of hardware, | ||
8 | and many Linux driver to support it. | ||
9 | The get the full story on Wireless LANs, please consult : | ||
10 | http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/ | ||
11 | |||
12 | "wavelan" driver (old ISA Wavelan) | ||
13 | ---------------- | ||
14 | o Config : Network device -> Wireless LAN -> AT&T WaveLAN | ||
15 | o Location : .../drivers/net/wavelan* | ||
16 | o in-line doc : .../drivers/net/wavelan.p.h | ||
17 | o on-line doc : | ||
18 | http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wavelan.html | ||
19 | |||
20 | This is the driver for the ISA version of the first generation | ||
21 | of the Wavelan, now discontinued. The device is 2 Mb/s, composed of a | ||
22 | Intel 82586 controller and a Lucent Modem, and is NOT 802.11 compliant. | ||
23 | The driver has been tested with the following hardware : | ||
24 | o Wavelan ISA 915 MHz (full length ISA card) | ||
25 | o Wavelan ISA 915 MHz 2.0 (half length ISA card) | ||
26 | o Wavelan ISA 2.4 GHz (full length ISA card, fixed frequency) | ||
27 | o Wavelan ISA 2.4 GHz 2.0 (half length ISA card, frequency selectable) | ||
28 | o Above cards with the optional DES encryption feature | ||
29 | |||
30 | "wavelan_cs" driver (old Pcmcia Wavelan) | ||
31 | ------------------- | ||
32 | o Config : Network device -> PCMCIA network -> | ||
33 | Pcmcia Wireless LAN -> AT&T/Lucent WaveLAN | ||
34 | o Location : .../drivers/net/pcmcia/wavelan* | ||
35 | o in-line doc : .../drivers/net/pcmcia/wavelan_cs.h | ||
36 | o on-line doc : | ||
37 | http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wavelan.html | ||
38 | |||
39 | This is the driver for the PCMCIA version of the first | ||
40 | generation of the Wavelan, now discontinued. The device is 2 Mb/s, | ||
41 | composed of a Intel 82593 controller (totally different from the 82586) | ||
42 | and a Lucent Modem, and NOT 802.11 compatible. | ||
43 | The driver has been tested with the following hardware : | ||
44 | o Wavelan Pcmcia 915 MHz 2.0 (Pcmcia card + separate | ||
45 | modem/antenna block) | ||
46 | o Wavelan Pcmcia 2.4 GHz 2.0 (Pcmcia card + separate | ||
47 | modem/antenna block) | ||
48 | |||
49 | "wvlan_cs" driver (Wavelan IEEE, GPL) | ||
50 | ----------------- | ||
51 | o Config : Not yet in kernel | ||
52 | o Location : Pcmcia package 3.1.10+ | ||
53 | o on-line doc : http://www.fasta.fh-dortmund.de/users/andy/wvlan/ | ||
54 | |||
55 | This is the driver for the current generation of Wavelan IEEE, | ||
56 | which is 802.11 compatible. Depending on version, it is 2 Mb/s or 11 | ||
57 | Mb/s, with or without encryption, all implemented in Lucent specific | ||
58 | DSP (the Hermes). | ||
59 | This is a GPL full source PCMCIA driver (ISA is just a Pcmcia | ||
60 | card with ISA-Pcmcia bridge). | ||
61 | |||
62 | "wavelan2_cs" driver (Wavelan IEEE, binary) | ||
63 | -------------------- | ||
64 | o Config : Not yet in kernel | ||
65 | o Location : ftp://sourceforge.org/pcmcia/contrib/ | ||
66 | |||
67 | This driver support exactly the same hardware as the previous | ||
68 | driver, the main difference is that it is based on a binary library | ||
69 | and supported by Lucent. | ||
70 | |||
71 | I hope it clears the confusion ;-) | ||
72 | |||
73 | Jean | ||