How/if to contribute with Compaq W200 wireless usb?

[Ryan Thiessen]

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:25:43 -0800, Ryan Thiessen <ryanthiessen at gmail.com> wrote:
> When installing Ubuntu Linux on a Compaq laptop I ran into an issue
> with the installer not detecting and configuring the built in Compaq
> W200 WLAN device.  After some investigation I found that it required
> the orinoco_usb kernel driver that only exists currently in cvs
> (http://www.nongnu.org/orinoco/).  Building and installing the module
> was no problem for me and now it works just fine with Ubuntu Linux.
> But I have a feeling that many other users with this problem would not
> be able to get the driver from cvs, build and install it, and put the
> firmware in the firmware in the correct place.
> 
> I would love to help out the community with this somehow, but I don't
> know how to proceed.  Should I make a debian package with the required
> files, or two packages (one with the modules, another with the
> firmware)?  Or would it be more appropriate for me to just post a
> detailed HOWTO on the wiki and not package anything?  Or is the use of
> bleeding-edge drivers like this not something that belongs on the wiki
> at all?  Please advise on the best course of action, because I'd like
> to contribute in the most appropriate manner.

Well, I didn't get any response to my email request :-( so I put up a
page on the wiki giving detailed instructions on how to install this
driver on the Ubuntu Wiki as a subtopic to the page "Room 101" which
is labeled on the wiki front page as "Hardware and software
workarounds".  Direct link:
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/InstallingCompaqW200
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Cheers,
-rt-