[ale] Fedora 12 and prism54 wireless card

[Geoffrey]

scott mcbrien wrote:
> I'm not surprised, if I remember from when I used it many years ago,
> the firmware is not open source, and of course, Fedora does not ship
> anything that is not open source.
> 
> Here's a guy that talks about getting the firmware from the windows
> driver (about 1/2-2/3 down):
> 
> http://olemartin.com/compalCL50.php

Thanks for the link, I'll check it out.

> 
> -Scott
> 
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>> Scott McBrien wrote:
>>> Prism54 needed some non OSS firmware, at least it did back in the day.
>> Yeah, have a rough time locating it now.  I guess Mandriva provided it,
>> Fedora does not.
>>
>>> -Scott
>>>
>>> On Aug 16, 2010, at 7:40 PM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So I reloaded an old laptop with Fedora 12.  I know F13 is out there,
>>>> but I need F12.  Anyway, I've got a pcmcia wireless card that is based
>>>> on the prism54 chipset which worked just fine under Mandriva.  Plugged
>>>> it in and configured it.
>>>>
>>>> Fedora apparently does not have the prism54 driver.  Can't seem to
>>>> locate a variant either.  Suggestions would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Until later, Geoffrey
>>>>
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Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson