Re: usb wifi dongle for f27

On 01/14/2018 10:42 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sun, 14 Jan 2018 10:11:57 -0700 > JD wrote: > > Could you or someone list some chipsets (even legacy ones) >> that are very likely fully supported by f27 distribution iso >> right out of the box.\ >> > Well, I've got this one in my F27 desktop at work providing > wifi for my phone and tablet acting as an access point: > > Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0411:01a2 BUFFALO INC. (formerly MelCo., Inc.) > WLI-UC-GNM Wireless LAN Adapter [Ralink RT8070] > > It is a cute little thing, just a tad bigger than the USB > slot it is plugged into. > > You can probably guess some more by looking in the > kernel modules directories at: > > /usr/lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/net/wireless > I looked at older installations I have, and I am shocked to see they contain the b43 and b43legacy wireless drivers. How come they did not make it into f27???? See below: $ find /lib/modules/ -name b43\* /lib/modules/3.19.8-100.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43 /lib/modules/3.19.8-100.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko /lib/modules/3.19.8-100.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy /lib/modules/3.19.8-100.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wirel ess/b43legacy/b43legacy.ko /lib/modules/3.11.10-301.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43 /lib/modules/3.11.10-301.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wire less/b43/b43.ko /lib/modules/3.11.10-301.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy /lib/modules/3.11.10-301.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wire less/b43legacy/b43legacy.ko _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org