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Re: orinoco_usb in Ubuntu Edgy(kernel 2.6.17): msg#00005

Subject: Re: orinoco_usb in Ubuntu Edgy(kernel 2.6.17)
On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 02:58:04PM +0100, David Gerard wrote:
> Sorry if these questions are a bit user-oriented, but developers are
> the people I need to ask ...
> 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/CompaqW200 is the
> support page for the Compaq W200, which uses orinoco_usb. This is
> reported not to work in Ubuntu Edgy, which uses a 2.6.17 kernel
> variant.
> 
> So I wanted to let the users know what was happening with this device ...

Pavel can probably answer this in more detail, but in the meantime:

> 1. Is anyone working on orinoco_usb at all any more?

No.  Manuel Estrada Sainz, who was doing orinoco_usb died in a car
accident a couple of years ago.  As far as I know no-one else has
taken it up.

> 2. Has anyone got it to work with 2.6.17?

Not as far as I know.

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