Orinoco FW version

[Joseph R. Skoler]

w/out is a standard abbreviation for without.

My system does not work.

I have been told that using the pcmcia-cs package requires recompiling the kernel w/out the built in pcmcia support.  I don't know why, or how to recompile the kernel, so I'm stuck.

Joseph R. Skoler 
joseph at compuhelp.com 
CompuHelp Technologies, Inc.  
Computer Consulting, Network Solutions, Integration, Support
11 Lispenard Street   New York, NY  10013  212-995-2955 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy Murphy [mailto:tim at birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 8:53 AM
> To: Joseph R. Skoler
> Cc: wireless at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: Orinoco FW version
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 08:20:38AM -0400, Joseph R. Skoler wrote:
>  
> > Can I simply download & install, or do I need to uninstall 
> 3.1.33 and/or
> > recompile the kernel w/out pcmcia support (something not 
> yet done on this
> > system)?
> 
> I'm slightly baffled by this discussion.
> Does "w/out" mean "without"? Or does it mean "with or without"?
> (In either case it seems a pointless abbreviation.)
> But why should one compile the kernel without pcmcia support?
> 
> I have Orinoco Silver and Gold PCMCIA cards,
> and they have worked perfectly with all 2.4.* kernels
> including the kernel which came with RedHat-7.2,
> up to linux-2.4.19-pre10 .
> Am I just lucky?
> 
> As I recall, the only change I ever made
> was to specify orinoco_cs in /etc/pcmcia/config:
> 
> ===============================
> card "Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE Adapter"
>   version "Lucent Technologies", "WaveLAN/IEEE"
> #  bind "wvlan_cs"
>   bind "orinoco_cs"
> ===============================
> 
>