X-UIDL: 9707 X-Mozilla-Keys: Return-Path: lgrosenthal@2rosenthals.com Received: from mail1.no-ip.com (mail1.no-ip.com [63.215.241.221]) by 2rosenthals.com (Hethmon Brothers Smtpd) id 20040413190449-59017-10 ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:04:50 -0400 Received: (qmail 16111 invoked by uid 89); 13 Apr 2004 23:04:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO MAIL03.toast.net) (206.244.186.20) by mail1.no-ip.com with SMTP; 13 Apr 2004 23:04:36 -0000 Received: from [68.246.163.25] (unverified [68.246.163.25]) by MAIL03.eucnet.com (Vircom SMTPRS 3.1.293.1) with ESMTP id ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:05:26 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: SnapperMail 1.9.2.01 by Snapperfish, www.snappermail.com To: os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Linux driver for Intel Centrino From: Lewis G Rosenthal Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:02 -0400 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit But what of the Centrino vs mPCI vs PCCard performance issue, Jonas? ___ Lewis ___ Lewis G Rosenthal Rosenthal & Rosenthal Sent via SnapperMail ...... Original Message ....... On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:00:05 -0700 (PDT) Jonas Buys wrote: >There's one huge advantage miniPCI devices like the >Intel ProWireless/2011 have over regular PCCard >devices: a lot less of power consumption. That is, >you will be able to use a full-charged notebook >battery longer with miniPCI than with PCMCIA. > >Best regards, JB. ><< www.os2warp.be >> > >--- Lewis G Rosenthal >wrote: >> Jens might have an idea on this, Mark. OTOH, I >> haven't seen any real >> performance benchmarks on Centrino Wi-Fi vs the more >> traditional cards >> ("traditional" is a funny word here, isn't it? I >> mean...what...two or >> three years since the technology has become >> widespread...? ;-) ). It >> might be a situation akin to finding WinModem >> drivers, only to discover >> that the performance of the hardware is so p-ss-poor >> that you'd be >> better off with a PCMCIA card. >> >> On 04/12/2004 02:38 pm, Mark Dodel thus wrote : >> >> >I never saw this post come through so I'm resending >> to see if the list is >> >still active. >> > >> >Mark >> > >> > >> >I haven't seen any posts here for a bit so I >> thought I'd post something. >> > >> >There is now a Linux driver from a Canadian company >> for Intel's Centrino >> >wireless card. Since its proprietary, there is no >> source so it doesn't >> >help OS/2. :-( >> > >> >> >> > >> >The article does say "General manager of software >> and solutions at Intel, >> >Will Swope, recently said a Centrino-Linux driver >> was coming first in a >> >proprietary format and then open source once it's >> found out how to hide >> >the workings of its wireless technology. He refused >> however to give any >> >dates." Does this mean there will never be an >> Intel centrino wireless >> >driver for OS/2? >> > >> >Mark >> > >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Lewis >> >------------------------------------------------------------ >> Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA >> Rosenthal & Rosenthal >> Accountants / Network Consultants >> New York / Northern Virginia >> www.2rosenthals.com >> Team OS/2 / NetWare Users International >> www.novell.com >> >------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to >> steward@2rosenthals.com with the command >> "unsubscribe os2-wireless_users" in the body >> (omit the quotes). >> >> For help with other commands, send a message >> to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command >> "help" in the body (omit the quotes). >> >> This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal >> P.O. Box 281, Deer Park, NY 11729-0281. Non- >> electronic communications related to content >> contained in these messages should be directed >> to the above address. (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) >> >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> > > > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th >http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to >steward@2rosenthals.com with the command >"unsubscribe os2-wireless_users" in the body >(omit the quotes). > >For help with other commands, send a message >to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command >"help" in the body (omit the quotes). > >This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal >P.O. Box 281, Deer Park, NY 11729-0281. Non- >electronic communications related to content >contained in these messages should be directed >to the above address. (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > >