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-Sun Jul 2 01:38:33 EST 1995
-
- As the date above certify, this ``readme'' is mostly
-obsolete. Please read release notes and change list in
-driver/net/wavelan.p.h, and consult my web page at :
- http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wavelan.html
-
- Jean <jt@hpl.hp.com>
-
-1. At present the driver autoprobes for a WaveLAN card only at I/O address
- 0x390. The version of the card that I use (NCR) supports four I/O addresses
- (selectable via a pair of DIP switches). If you want the driver to
- autoprobe a different subset of the four valid addresses then you will need
- to edit .../drivers/net/wavelan.c (near line 714) and change the
- initialisation of the `iobase[]' array. Normally, I use a LILO
- configuration file directive to obviate the need for autoprobing entirely,
- a course of action I heartily recommend.
-
-2. By default, the driver uses the Network ID (NWID) stored in the card's
- Parameter Storage Area (PSA). However, the PSA NWID can be overridden by a
- value passed explicitly as the third numeric argument to LILO's "ether="
- directive, either at the LILO prompt at boot time or within LILO's
- configuration file.
- For example, the following line from such a LILO configuration file would
- auto-configure the IRQ value, set the I/O base to 0x390 and set the NWID to
- 0x4321, all on a WaveLAN card labelled "eth0":
-
- ..
- append ="ether=0,0x390,0x4321,eth0"
- ..
-
-3. The driver uses the IRQ stored in the card's PSA.
- To change this you will need to use the configuration/setup software that
- accompanies each WaveLAN device. Yes, the driver should use the value passed
- in via LILO and it will, just as soon as I can work out why that part of the
- code doesn't work :-(.
-
-4. If you encounter any problems send me some email.
-
-Good luck,
-Bruce Janson (bruce@cs.usyd.edu.au)
+ The Wavelan drivers saga
+ ------------------------
+
+ By Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>
+
+ The Wavelan is a Radio network adapter designed by
+Lucent. Under this generic name is hidden quite a variety of hardware,
+and many Linux driver to support it.
+ The get the full story on Wireless LANs, please consult :
+ http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/
+
+"wavelan" driver (old ISA Wavelan)
+----------------
+ o Config : Network device -> Wireless LAN -> AT&T WaveLAN
+ o Location : .../drivers/net/wavelan*
+ o in-line doc : .../drivers/net/wavelan.p.h
+ o on-line doc :
+ http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wavelan.html
+
+ This is the driver for the ISA version of the first generation
+of the Wavelan, now discontinued. The device is 2 Mb/s, composed of a
+Intel 82586 controler and a Lucent Modem, and is NOT 802.11 compliant.
+ The driver has been tested with the following hardware :
+ o Wavelan ISA 915 MHz (full length ISA card)
+ o Wavelan ISA 915 MHz 2.0 (half length ISA card)
+ o Wavelan ISA 2.4 GHz (full length ISA card, fixed frequency)
+ o Wavelan ISA 2.4 GHz 2.0 (half length ISA card, frequency selectable)
+ o Above cards with the optional DES encryption feature
+
+"wavelan_cs" driver (old Pcmcia Wavelan)
+-------------------
+ o Config : Network device -> PCMCIA network ->
+ Pcmcia Wireless LAN -> AT&T/Lucent WaveLAN
+ o Location : .../drivers/net/pcmcia/wavelan*
+ o in-line doc : .../drivers/net/pcmcia/wavelan_cs.h
+ o on-line doc :
+ http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wavelan.html
+
+ This is the driver for the PCMCIA version of the first
+generation of the Wavelan, now discontinued. The device is 2 Mb/s,
+composed of a Intel 82593 controler (totally different from the 82586)
+and a Lucent Modem, and NOT 802.11 compatible.
+ The driver has been tested with the following hardware :
+ o Wavelan Pcmcia 915 MHz 2.0 (Pcmcia card + separate
+ modem/antenna block)
+ o Wavelan Pcmcia 2.4 GHz 2.0 (Pcmcia card + separate
+ modem/antenna block)
+
+"wvlan_cs" driver (Wavelan IEEE, GPL)
+-----------------
+ o Config : Not yet in kernel
+ o Location : Pcmcia package 3.1.10+
+ o on-line doc : http://www.fasta.fh-dortmund.de/users/andy/wvlan/
+
+ This is the driver for the current generation of Wavelan IEEE,
+which is 802.11 compatible. Depending on version, it is 2 Mb/s or 11
+Mb/s, with or without encryption, all implemented in Lucent specific
+DSP (the Hermes).
+ This is a GPL full source PCMCIA driver (ISA is just a Pcmcia
+card with ISA-Pcmcia bridge).
+
+"wavelan2_cs" driver (Wavelan IEEE, binary)
+--------------------
+ o Config : Not yet in kernel
+ o Location : ftp://sourceforge.org/pcmcia/contrib/
+
+ This driver support exactly the same hardware as the previous
+driver, the main difference is that it is based on a binary library
+and supported by Lucent.
+
+ I hope it clears the confusion ;-)
+
+ Jean