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From: Justin Cormack (jpc1doc.ic.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Jul 11 2001 - 09:43:22 CDT

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    > Hi, is anyone working on a port of the
    > orinoco pcmcia driver to usb? I have an orinoco
    > usb client and it's just an orinoco pcmcia card
    > in a usb converter or something. It's wacko
    > because i pulled the pcmcia card out of it's
    > slot in the usb gear and plugged it right into
    > the pcmcia port of my viao and it worked like
    > any orinoco pcmcia card. So i can use it like that
    > until there's a port i suppose but i looked at the
    > linux usb stuff and it seems there isn't even
    > working driver for any usb networking stuff
    > besides modems. There is someone working
    > on ethernet usb but no driver yet.
    > Is it a matter of waiting for docs from
    > orinoco or is it someone with the skill finding the
    > time?

    There are usb network drivers that work (eg pegasus in ther kernel).
    However this is a presumably a pcmcia adaptor, which would need a
    more general driver - maybe mail the pcmcia list on sourceforge.

    Justin