[Linux-wlan-ng-devel] Bug#579875: clarify denial of package usefulness

[Tormod Volden]

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 6:28 PM,  <jidanni at jidanni.org> wrote:
> Wait, following this trail,
> http://wiki.debian.org/NdisWrapper
> http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/drivers.php
> http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz
> I see
> |---------------+--------+------------------+---------+---------+-------------+--------------+---------------------------|
> |   Sparklan    |802.11b |     WL-316C      | PCMCIA  | Prism2/ |             |Linux-wlan-ng |   with external antenna   |
> |               |        |                  |         |  2.5/3  |             |              |        connecters         |
> |---------------+--------+------------------+---------+---------+-------------+--------------+---------------------------|
> |   Sparklan    |802.11b |     WL-382F      |   USB   |  Atmel  |             |              |  Linux driver offered by  |
> |               |        |                  |         |         |             |              |          vendor           |
> |---------------+--------+------------------+---------+---------+-------------+--------------+---------------------------|
> |   Sparklan    |802.11b |     WL-350F      |mini-PCI | Prism2/ |             |              |                           |
> |               |        |                  |         |  2.5/3  |             |              |                           |
> |---------------+--------+------------------+---------+---------+-------------+--------------+---------------------------|
> Well it just so happens that I have the middle one, i.e., maybe I was
> barking up the wrong tree, and maybe some ID numbers are not correct...

Well, if the prism2_usb kernel driver is claiming the device, it
should be supported. There is nothing else telling the kernel driver
to jump on your device other than the driver itself. What is your USB
ID from lsusb?