Re: [OT] "unauthorized" mini-pci wlan cards in thinkpads

[Joel Jaeggli]

the card and antenna are certified together. The cards that were certified 
with that antenna work in that laptop. 

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, Scott Mcdermott wrote:

> I read with great interest the thread from a few months ago
> regarding the IBM BIOS whitelists for Mini-PCI WLAN cards.
> 
> But the thread leaves off with someone waiting for IBM
> support and getting an official response that Linux wasn't
> supported, so too bad (even though the issue affects any
> operating system on the machine).
> 
> Has anyone heard more about this from IBM or know of some
> way to disable the whitelist checking? It's really a shame
> to not be able to use the nice builtin antennas in these
> laptops with newer Mini-PCI cards (like the a/b/g combo that
> IBM themselves make, which is still "unauthorized" on both
> my X31 and T30 with latest BIOS) and instead be forced to
> waste a PCMCIA slot and not get as good a signal.
> 
> Any information anyone has on this, is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
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