| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | The Wavelan drivers saga |
| 2 | ------------------------ |
| 3 | |
| 4 | By Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com> |
| 5 | |
| 6 | The Wavelan is a Radio network adapter designed by |
| 7 | Lucent. Under this generic name is hidden quite a variety of hardware, |
| 8 | and many Linux driver to support it. |
| 9 | The get the full story on Wireless LANs, please consult : |
| 10 | http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/ |
| 11 | |
| 12 | "wavelan" driver (old ISA Wavelan) |
| 13 | ---------------- |
| 14 | o Config : Network device -> Wireless LAN -> AT&T WaveLAN |
| 15 | o Location : .../drivers/net/wavelan* |
| 16 | o in-line doc : .../drivers/net/wavelan.p.h |
| 17 | o on-line doc : |
| 18 | http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wavelan.html |
| 19 | |
| 20 | This is the driver for the ISA version of the first generation |
| 21 | of the Wavelan, now discontinued. The device is 2 Mb/s, composed of a |
| 22 | Intel 82586 controller and a Lucent Modem, and is NOT 802.11 compliant. |
| 23 | The driver has been tested with the following hardware : |
| 24 | o Wavelan ISA 915 MHz (full length ISA card) |
| 25 | o Wavelan ISA 915 MHz 2.0 (half length ISA card) |
| 26 | o Wavelan ISA 2.4 GHz (full length ISA card, fixed frequency) |
| 27 | o Wavelan ISA 2.4 GHz 2.0 (half length ISA card, frequency selectable) |
| 28 | o Above cards with the optional DES encryption feature |
| 29 | |
| 30 | "wavelan_cs" driver (old Pcmcia Wavelan) |
| 31 | ------------------- |
| 32 | o Config : Network device -> PCMCIA network -> |
| 33 | Pcmcia Wireless LAN -> AT&T/Lucent WaveLAN |
| 34 | o Location : .../drivers/net/pcmcia/wavelan* |
| 35 | o in-line doc : .../drivers/net/pcmcia/wavelan_cs.h |
| 36 | o on-line doc : |
| 37 | http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wavelan.html |
| 38 | |
| 39 | This is the driver for the PCMCIA version of the first |
| 40 | generation of the Wavelan, now discontinued. The device is 2 Mb/s, |
| 41 | composed of a Intel 82593 controller (totally different from the 82586) |
| 42 | and a Lucent Modem, and NOT 802.11 compatible. |
| 43 | The driver has been tested with the following hardware : |
| 44 | o Wavelan Pcmcia 915 MHz 2.0 (Pcmcia card + separate |
| 45 | modem/antenna block) |
| 46 | o Wavelan Pcmcia 2.4 GHz 2.0 (Pcmcia card + separate |
| 47 | modem/antenna block) |
| 48 | |
| 49 | "wvlan_cs" driver (Wavelan IEEE, GPL) |
| 50 | ----------------- |
| 51 | o Config : Not yet in kernel |
| 52 | o Location : Pcmcia package 3.1.10+ |
| 53 | o on-line doc : http://www.fasta.fh-dortmund.de/users/andy/wvlan/ |
| 54 | |
| 55 | This is the driver for the current generation of Wavelan IEEE, |
| 56 | which is 802.11 compatible. Depending on version, it is 2 Mb/s or 11 |
| 57 | Mb/s, with or without encryption, all implemented in Lucent specific |
| 58 | DSP (the Hermes). |
| 59 | This is a GPL full source PCMCIA driver (ISA is just a Pcmcia |
| 60 | card with ISA-Pcmcia bridge). |
| 61 | |
| 62 | "wavelan2_cs" driver (Wavelan IEEE, binary) |
| 63 | -------------------- |
| 64 | o Config : Not yet in kernel |
| 65 | o Location : ftp://sourceforge.org/pcmcia/contrib/ |
| 66 | |
| 67 | This driver support exactly the same hardware as the previous |
| 68 | driver, the main difference is that it is based on a binary library |
| 69 | and supported by Lucent. |
| 70 | |
| 71 | I hope it clears the confusion ;-) |
| 72 | |
| 73 | Jean |