[arch-general] Dropping ipw3945 from core

Hans Janssen hans at janserv.com
Mon Mar 31 11:55:40 EDT 2008


Thomas Bächler wrote:
> After I discovered that my problems with the new Intel driver where 
> related to dhclient and fixed the bug, I am now successfully using 
> iwl3945 on my machine.
> 
> It seems to be working perfectly, so I am considering dropping ipw3945 
> from core/support with the 2.6.25 release (so there will be no new 
> package versions after ipw3945-1.2.2-8). This is intended as a warning, 
> but also as a question: Is there anyone who cannot use iwl3945 instead 
> of ipw3945?
> 
I can use iwl3945 but the radio led on my acer laptop doesn't work with 
it, where it does with ipw3945.
Not a big issue but it's nice to see if wireless is up at a glance.

Hans.




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