HP Laptop 64 bit question

[Mario Splivalo]

On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 07:40 +1100, James Gray wrote:
> On Thursday 10 November 2005 03:07, Jon Dixon wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > My new laptop, HP zd8290, has a broadcom chipset (4318 rev 02) for the
> > wireless.
> >
> > Am gradually working through peoples ideas on this, and apparently
> > 32-bit with ndiswrapper isn't much of a problem.
> >
> > Has anyone been successful with this at all, and if so which way worked
> > for them?
> 
> If you are running a 64bit kernel, you wont get much milage from ndiswrapper.  
> Windows drivers are  32bit, meaning they can only be linked against a 32bit 
> kernel.  To my knowledge, ndiswrapper doesn't do any funky 32<->64bit 
> translation etc - I could wrong though.
> 
> You say it's a HP lappy? My HP nc6230 has a mini-PCI slot for the wifi.  If 
> yours has the same setup, just rip out the crappy broadcom and drop in an 
> Intel Pro Wireless 2100/2200/2195.  They are supported on both 32 and 64bit 
> kernels and you can get a brand new IPW2200 from eBay for <USD$30.

So, you don't need a ndiswrapper for Intel Pro card? 

Do you, by any chance, know about a USB wireless adapter that runs
without ndiswrapper?

	Mike