readme.linuxppc

Linux Wireless LAN Project 的目标是开发一个完整的

README.linuxppc
Thu May 27 02:20:57 EDT 1999

This release of the linux-wlan package has been updated to run with a
modified install of linuxppc.  We've only tested to code here for about an
hour so consider it pre-beta.  Here are the conditions that we used to
develop and test the code for linuxppc:
   Machine:			Apple Powerbook G3 233
   Linux Distribution:		LinuxPPC R4
   Kernel:			2.2.1, updated from the ftp site below
   PCMCIA Services:		3.0.8, also updated.

Here are some of the issues:
   - When compiling the driver I'm getting a warning about a type mismatch
	 in linux/string.h.  Seems to work though.
   - The i/o address used under LinuxPPC is currently hard coded to 0x300.
	 If you have another device using that address, you can change the
	 address used by the wlan driver in driver/am930di.c, just search  for
	 0x300.  I'll fix this in the next release, just don't have time right
	 now.
   - There's an ugly hack regarding library settings and header file
	 inclusion in wlanctl/main.c .  I'm not sure what's up here either,
	 without the hack I get an error stating that AF_INET is undefined.

WARNING!  If your machine boots MacOS first and you use BootX or some other
method for loading LinuxPPC, DO NOT insert wireless network card until AFTER
LinuxPPC boots.

Enjoy!

-Mark	[e-mail]