[CentOS] CentOS 4 and laptop and wifi works

Rodrigo Barbosa rodrigob at suespammers.org
Fri May 26 05:30:15 UTC 2006


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On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 09:16:42PM -0400, Max H. wrote:
> Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
> >As far as I know, the class ID is just to identify what kind of
> >hardware it is. It might affect how the bios/OS handle the device.
> >
> >0200 - Ethernet controller
> >0280 - Network controller
> >
> >Interesting enough, there is a specific class for Wireless.
> >So the Class for these devices should really be 0d80.
> >
> >It certainly helps loading the apropriate module. Specially generic
> >modules for a given device class (usb-uhci etc).
> 
> I see. Ok, thanks for the info. Sorry if the specs I sent earlier for 
> the a/b card sent you chasing your tail. I just assumed folks were 
> meaning the Atheros chipset it general, so I thought I'd pitch in. Take 
> care.

Actually, the specs you sent where very good information. Nothing to
be sorry about.

tkx

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Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org>
"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)

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