Linux Laptop

[ceplm at seznam.cz (Matej Cepl)]

On Thu, 4 May 2006, Ward Vandewege wrote:
> So; to get working wifi under linux, you need to pay a $50 HP premium. The
> broadcom option (the default) does not work if you get a recent model nx6125:
> 1. broadcom does not release linux drivers
> 2. broadcom does not release 64-bit drivers
> 3. so ndiswrapper + asus windows drivers is the way forward
> 4. there are no asus drivers yet for the newest revisions of the card
> 
> Besides; ndiswrapper is a workaround. Ralink releases GPL'd drivers. They
> work. Their hardware works. It's cheap.

Just FYI -- kernel 2.6.17-rc3 has native drivers for
(some?) Broadcomm cards. I have here BCM4318 and it somehow works
(sometimes it doesn, sometimes -- like now -- it doesn't and I
have to substitute ndiswrapper, which always have been working
for me like a charm).

Matej