* Matthew Szudzik  [2007-06-14 22:17]:

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> > > I initially made the mistake of getting the "ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wi-Fi

> > > wireless LAN Mini-PCIe" wireless card, but that Atheros-based card is not

> > > currently supported by OpenBSD because it uses the AR5424 chipset.  So I

> > > had to replace it with an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG card--which is what I

> > > should have gotten in the first place.

> >

> > Why didn't you replace your card to one wich has free firmware?

> > maybe it is better to just accept the nonfree firmware and replace the

> > Intel wlan card later. Just a few ThinkPads have no intel wifi so

> > it really limits your choise.

> >

>

> The T60 has a mini-PCI Express port.  The older Atheros cards with the

> chipsets that OpenBSD does support are mini-PCI cards, not PCI Express.

>

> Also, I did not bother to try installing a non-Lenovo wireless card

> because Thinkpads have a BIOS whitelist that refuses to recognize

> "unauthorized" cards.  Some people have modified the BIOS to solve this

> problem, but the modification attempts sometimes corrupt the BIOS and make

> the computer un-bootable, which I wasn't willing to risk.  See

err?

it is as trivial as

sudo pkg_add tpwireless

and running that thing once.
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