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Re: orinoco_cs: msg#00011

Subject: Re: orinoco_cs
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 10:21:38PM +0200, Gerald Willmann wrote:
> Hi David:  I've been using a Speedstream Wlan PCMCIA card for a few yrs.
> It worked well with your orinoco_cs module and the following lines in 
> /etc/pcmcia/config:
> card "SpeedStream SS1021 Wireless Adapter"
>   version "Siemens", "SpeedStream Wireless PCMCIA"
>   #manfid 0x02ac, 0x0002
>   manfid 0x02ac, 0x3021
>   bind "orinoco_cs"
> Now after upgrading to kernel 2.6.18 it doesn't work anymore. That is 
> no driver gets loaded and if I modprobe orinoco_cs it doesn't seem to find 
> the card.
> Modinfo orinoco_cs contains the line
> alias:          pcmcia:m02ACc0002f*fn*pfn*pa*pb*pc*pd*
> and I guess what I would need is
> alias:          pcmcia:m02ACc3021f*fn*pfn*pa*pb*pc*pd*
> Is there any way to pass this as an option when loading the driver
> or does it have to be included in the source?
> Sorry if my question sounds naive - I'm just a simple user.

Looks like that ID needs to be added to the driver, yes.  I'm no
longer working actively on orinoco, though, so I'm CCing this to the
list.

Pavel, is this ID on our list in the latest versions?

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