[Prism54-users] Netgear WG511

[Brian Bothwell]

On Wed, 19 May 2004 16:13:26 -0700
"Douglas Almquist" <dougga@ravennasprings.com> wrote:

> I've found getting this card to work is a remarkably convoluted process.
> The documentation (if you'll call it that) is a collection of posts that at
> my last reading was poorly organized and poorly written.  The people working
> on the code at prism.org are good engineers and have good intentions, but
> there appears to be a significant need for organized documentation that
> relates directly to the releases available.  Others have asked my opinion on
> this card and these drivers at my local university, my usual response is
> "life's too short".  Engineers with time on their hands can get it to
> work...  people in other fields are better off using cards that are directly
> supported by the kernel that they are currently using.
> 
> Just one opinion.

poor opinion. has worked great for me for months with very little work on my part. ESPECIALLY if you just get kernel 2.6.5. compile kernel, install it, copy the firmware file to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/isl3890 and you're done.