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Re: [suse-amd64] amd64 laptop choice
- From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:01:29 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <20041019140129.GD4907@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 07:21:37AM -0400, John Szakmeister wrote:
> On Monday 11 October 2004 11:04, Bodo Bauer wrote:
> [snip]
> > We also tested the ASUS L5000D, HP/Compaq Presario R3000 and the Arima
> > W730. All of those should work well with SL92.
>
> I have a Compaq R3000, and it has a Broadcom 802.11 b/g chipset. I
> thought Broadcom chipsets weren't supported, at least not natively.
> Every solution I've seen involved the use of ndiswrapper, and that
> precludes the use of 64-bit linux. Am I wrong? If so, I'd love to hear
> it! :-) I've been dying to get 64-bit Linux installed on it, but I've
> avoided the issue due to lack of WLAN support for Broadcom chipsets.
One way to get wireless under 64bit is to buy a Cardbus card with a
supported chipset and use that instead of the builtin.
-Andi
> On Monday 11 October 2004 11:04, Bodo Bauer wrote:
> [snip]
> > We also tested the ASUS L5000D, HP/Compaq Presario R3000 and the Arima
> > W730. All of those should work well with SL92.
>
> I have a Compaq R3000, and it has a Broadcom 802.11 b/g chipset. I
> thought Broadcom chipsets weren't supported, at least not natively.
> Every solution I've seen involved the use of ndiswrapper, and that
> precludes the use of 64-bit linux. Am I wrong? If so, I'd love to hear
> it! :-) I've been dying to get 64-bit Linux installed on it, but I've
> avoided the issue due to lack of WLAN support for Broadcom chipsets.
One way to get wireless under 64bit is to buy a Cardbus card with a
supported chipset and use that instead of the builtin.
-Andi
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