PCMCIA port...
7 July, 2010 - 16:38
...any plans to activate this?
Also I think this board has Bluetooth onboard, is it possible to activate this?
Just out of interest...
Cheers
Gary
7 July, 2010 - 19:38
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PCMCIA
(People Can't Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms). I've never plugged in a PCMCIA card either. I do know that some, older, Livebox units don't actually have the PCMCIA socket fitted.
The 'killer facility' would be to have the onboard WiFi work in Client mode. Just imagine it - a HAH that doesn't need a fixed ethernet cable!
That said, it's a seriously non-trivial piece of work to get this looked at.
Derek.
PCMCIA - All the drivers are for this are in /lib/modules/2.4.17/kernel/drivers/pcmcia
Use insmod to load them into the kernel.
I've not played with ANY pcmcia devices so I don't know if they will work or not. Maybe.
BLUETOOTH - Its a matter of getting all the right drivers together, I did have a play with this a while back but ended up just spinning my wheels and not getting to far, so I put it on the back burner.
WI-FI - The livebox also has Wi-Fi but by default it only runs in Server mode, and the supplied tools are cripplied such that you can't turn it into a wi-fi client. Its is something I would also like to get working.