7130 access point

F5D6020 ver.2 pcmcia (ver. 2100)

Linux Kernel 2.6 driver

This driver alone could be a good motivation to switch to kernel 2.6

It is a matter of uploading firmware before using the card. One can use the 2.6 hotplug system or do the firmware load (fwl) in the scripts that are used to ifup the interface. This is a snippet out my debian's /etc/network/interfaces file ( i do not have dhcp, but static ip configuration, use wep, ... ):

iface eth1 inet static
        pre-up /usr/sbin/atmel_fwl eth1 /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/atmel_at76c502d.bin
        address 10.0.0.3
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway 10.0.0.1
        wireless_key 123456789A
        wireless_channel 4 
        wireless_essid atmel_cs_driver_rules 
        wireless_mode managed

dump_cis:

  attr_dev_info
    fn_specific 100ns, 32kb
  manfid 0x01bf, 0x3302
  funcid network_adapter
  vers_1 5.0, "Belkin", "11Mbps-Wireless-Notebook-Network-Adapter"
  config base 0x0800 mask 0x0001 last_index 0x02
  cftable_entry 0x01 [default]
    [mwait] [pwrdown]
    Vcc Vnom 5V Iavg 250mA Ipeak 250mA Idown 25mA
    timing wait 12us
    io 0x0000-0x001f [lines=5] [16bit]
    irq mask 0xffb8

cardctl ident

  product info: "Belkin", "11Mbps-Wireless-Notebook-Network-Adapter"
  manfid: 0x01bf, 0x3302
  function: 6 (network)

part of /etc/pcmcia/config.opts

device "atmel_cs"
  class "network" module "atmel_cs"
                                                                                                     
card "Actiontec wireless"
   version "Belkin", "11Mbps-Wireless-Notebook-Network-Adapter"
   bind "atmel_cs"

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