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| − | Intel Wireless WiFi Link drivers for Linux, or '''iwlwifi''', which provides official, Open support for wireless Intel adapters. Initially, it only supported [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter]]. | + | Intel Wireless WiFi Link drivers for Linux, or '''iwlwifi''', which provides official, Open support for wireless Intel adapters. Initially, it only supported [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter]]. More wireless projects are planned to move to this project in the future. |
| + | The driver works out of the box '''with''' a hardware firmware replacement. Full documentation and source is available on this newer driver. | ||
| − | ==Notes == | + | |
| + | == Notes == | ||
The previous Intel Wifi driver was named "[[ipw]]". | The previous Intel Wifi driver was named "[[ipw]]". | ||
Revision as of 01:44, 5 March 2008
Intel Wireless WiFi Link drivers for Linux, or iwlwifi, which provides official, Open support for wireless Intel adapters. Initially, it only supported Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter and Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter. More wireless projects are planned to move to this project in the future.
The driver works out of the box with a hardware firmware replacement. Full documentation and source is available on this newer driver.
Notes
The previous Intel Wifi driver was named "ipw".
Availability
The iwl3945 driver was integrated into Linux-2.6.24.
