[ale] [Fwd: [Prism54-users] Re: interrupt trouble]

[Geoffrey]

A disturbing message from HP/Compaq regarding the use of Linux.  This is 
from the prism54 email list:


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Prism54-users] Re:  interrupt trouble
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 10:10:04 -0500
From: Jim Coker <coker at freescale.com>
To: prism54-users at prism54.org

Last month I posted about interrupt confusion on my laptop when
I insert/remove my WG511 card.  Since then I have found (w/ Dave
Hinds' help) that the root issue appears to be the BIOS on my
HP/COMPAQ Presario 2140US laptop.  There are BIOS upgrades
available, but only for Windows boxes (comes w/ DLLs & other
hooks into Windows & no apparent way to upgrade the BIOS directly.)

I finally got the following in an email from HP/COMPAQ:

"The Presario product line was developed for home users utilizing
Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, and Windows XP Home operating systems.
HP does not recommend the installation of other operating system
in the Presario."

My strong recommendation is to NOT try to use the WG511 with the
Prism54 driver on a COMPAQ Presario 2140US machine, & probably not
on any Presario 2100 series machine at all, unless you are willing
to operate in a dual-boot mode.

-- Jim Coker

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Until later, Geoffrey       Registered Linux User #108567
                             AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995