[CentOS] Auto-installing security updates?

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 25 May 2009 15:05:25 +0200 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:

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> >The *Intel* WiFi-NIC (Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini
> >PCI Adapter) on my IBM Thinkpad X31 worked mostly out-of-the-box.  I
> >just needed to download the firmware and I was up. So did the SMC Ez
> >Connect PCMCIA card I used on my previos laptop (I think it was a
> >prism54 flavor), also once I snarfed the proper firmware for it.
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> I think the prism-variety you mention is what's used with the wifi-NIC on a
> desktop I have, that I wanted to run MythTV on but haven't had any luck with
> yet.
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> The firmware you mention, is that used with dkms or something like that?

I'm not sure what the firmware does exactly.  Look in your
/var/log/messages file.  There will be some mention of 'failed to load
firmware' associated with the driver load.  You need to have a
partitular file living in /lib/firmware/ -- the name is wired into the
driver.  The SMC Ez Connect card needed something called isl3890.  I
don't remember where I got this.  My Intel card needed ipw2100-1.3*,
this I got off a site after googling for 'firmware ipw2100' (or
something like that).  Getting the Intel was easy -- there is a web
site with all of the info needed.  Getting the prism firware was a bit
of a hassle.  You might have to unpack a file from the CD that came
with the WiFi card -- this means you need some Windows tool to
unpack/install it someplace and then copy the magic file from where the
Windows installer/unpacker puts it to your Linux box and make sure it
has the proper name.  It is important to get the correct version for
your card.


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