How/if to contribute with Compaq W200 wireless usb?

[om007]

Ryan Thiessen Wrote: 
> On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:25:43 -0800, Ryan Thiessen
> <ryanthiessen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > When installing Ubuntu Linux on a Compaq laptop I ran into an issue
> > with the installer not detecting and configuring the built in Compaq
> > W200 WLAN device.  After some investigation I found that it required
> > the orinoco_usb kernel driver that only exists currently in cvs
> > (http://www.nongnu.org/orinoco/).  Building and installing the module
> > was no problem for me and now it works just fine with Ubuntu Linux.
> > But I have a feeling that many other users with this problem would
> not
> > be able to get the driver from cvs, build and install it, and put the
> > firmware in the firmware in the correct place.
> > 
> > I would love to help out the community with this somehow, but I don't
> > know how to proceed.  Should I make a debian package with the
> required
> > files, or two packages (one with the modules, another with the
> > firmware)?  Or would it be more appropriate for me to just post a
> > detailed HOWTO on the wiki and not package anything?  Or is the use
> of
> > bleeding-edge drivers like this not something that belongs on the
> wiki
> > at all?  Please advise on the best course of action, because I'd like
> > to contribute in the most appropriate manner.
> 
> Well, I didn't get any response to my email request :-( so I put up a
> page on the wiki giving detailed instructions on how to install this
> driver on the Ubuntu Wiki as a subtopic to the page "Room 101" which
> is labeled on the wiki front page as "Hardware and software
> workarounds".  Direct link:
> http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/InstallingCompaqW200
> -- 
> Cheers,
> -rt-
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Hello Ryan , 

if no one is replying ..then i will.. I'm just about to install Ubuntu
on my N610 with the W200 and looked around the place for some info ..
Found yours very good .. will try it this week.
Thanks for documenting

OM007


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