PCI to PCMCIA Controller Card under Linux?

From: Andrew McCall (andrew.mccall_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/04/04

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    Hi Folks,

    I have a spare Agere, otherwise known as Orinoco, Wireless Wavelan
    Gold 16Bit PC Card and I was wondering if I could use it to connect my
    desktop to my wireless lan. I am using Linux on an old-world beige
    G3/266.

    I have seen a few cards on eBay, and most of them say they are
    compliant with the PCMCIA 2.1/JEIDA 4.1 specifications and that the
    data interface to the PC card is 16/32 bit and powered at 3.3V or 5V.

    One in particular gives the following details:

    RICOH chipset
    Compliant with PCI Local Bus specification 2.2
    Compliant with PC Card Standard Release 8.0 specification
    Support 16-bit (PCMCIA 2.1/JEID 4.2) and 32-bit (Cardbus) PC Card
    3.3V or 5V power light indicator
    Compliant with i82365SL register set and ExCA
    Support Type I/II/III Cardbus/PCMCIA Card
    Supports Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP

    There is no mention of Linux or MacOS on the listing. I am not
    bothered about the compatibility with MacOS as this is a Linux-only
    machine, but before I spend my money I was wondering if anyone here
    knows if this card will work under Linux?

    Any help or feedback welcome!

    Thanks,

    Andrew McCall

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