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# emerge -s madwifi
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[ Results for search key : madwifi ]
[ Applications found : 4 ]

*  net-wireless/madwifi-ng
      Latest version available: 0.1443.20060207
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 3,173 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.madwifi.org/
      Description: Driver for Atheros based IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless LAN cards
      License:     || ( BSD GPL-2 )

*  net-wireless/madwifi-ng-tools
      Latest version available: 0.1443.20060207
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 3,173 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.madwifi.org/
      Description: Tools for configuration of Atheros based IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless LAN cards
      License:     || ( BSD GPL-2 )


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# echo net-wireless/madwifi-ng  ~x86 >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
# echo net-wireless/madwifi-ng-tools ~x86 >> /etc/portage/package.keywords

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# emerge net-wireless/madwifi-ng net-wireless/madwifi-ng-tools

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# fermo la scheda di rete
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 down[/bug]

# Settaggio parametri wireless
/usr/sbin/iwconfig ath0 essid network
/usr/sbin/iwconfig ath0 channel x
/usr/sbin/iwconfig ath0 ap xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 
/usr/sbin/iwconfig ath0 key xxxxxxxxxxxx
/usr/sbin/iwconfig ath0 rate 54M

# settaggio ip adattatore wireless
/sbin/ifconfig ath0 192.168.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.0 up
/sbin/route add default gw 192.168.xxx.xxx

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# emerge sys-apps/pcmcia-cs
# rc-update add pcmcia default

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<*> PCCard (PCMCIA/CardBus) support
[ ]   Enable PCCARD debugging
[ ]   Enable obsolete PCCARD code                                                             
<M>   16-bit PCMCIA support                                                                   
[*]   32-bit CardBus support                                                                   
 --- PC-card bridges                                                                         
<M> CardBus yenta-compatible bridge support                                                   
< > Cirrus PD6729 compatible bridge support                                                   
< > i82092 compatible bridge support                                                           
<M> i82365 compatible bridge support                                                         
< > Databook TCIC host bridge support 

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# emerge x11-plugins/gkrellmwireless

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<M> i82365 compatible bridge support  

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<M> PCCard (PCMCIA/CardBus) support
[*]   Enable PCCARD debugging
<M>   16-bit PCMCIA support
--- PC-card
<M> CardBus yenta-compatible bridge suppor bridge
< > Cirrus PD6729 compatible bridge support
< > i82092 compatible bridge support
< > Databook TCIC host bridge support

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* 'modprobe i83365' failed
* Trying alternative PCIC driver: yenta_socket

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#!/sbin/runscript
# Copyright 1999-2004 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-apps/pcmcia-cs/files/pcmcia.rc,v 1.7 2004/07/15 00:46:44 agriffis Exp $

RUN=/var/run
SC=${RUN}/pcmcia-scheme

cleanup()
{
        while read SN CLASS MOD INST DEV EXTRA ; do
                if [ "x${SN}" != "xSocket" ] ; then
                        /etc/pcmcia/${CLASS} stop ${DEV} 2> /dev/null
                fi
        done
}

pcmcia_probe()
{
        MODULE=$1
        OPTS=$2

        /sbin/modprobe $MODULE $OPTS 2>/dev/null

        return $?
}

start() {
        local code
        # Scheme is set for the /etc/pcmcia/shared script
        if [ -n "${SCHEME}" ] ; then umask 022 ; echo $SCHEME > ${SC}
        else umask 022 ; touch ${SC}
        fi

        # clean up any old interfaces
        if [ -r ${RUN}/stab ] ; then
                cat ${RUN}/stab | cleanup
        fi
        # if /var/lib/pcmcia exists (and sometimes it gets created accidentally
        # if you run pcmcia-cs apps w/out the proper flags), then it will really
        # confuse the process
        if [ -d /var/lib/pcmcia ] ; then
                rm -rf /var/lib/pcmcia
        fi

        if [ -e /proc/bus/pccard ]; then
                einfo "PCMCIA support detected."
        else
                pcmcia_probe pcmcia_core $CORE_OPTS

                #if [ -n "${PCIC_ALT}" ]; then
                #       pcmcia_probe PCIC_ALT $PCIC_OPTS || {
                #               ewarn "'modprobe ${PCIC_ALT}' failed"
                #               ewarn "Trying alternative PCIC driver: ${PCIC_ALT}"
                #               pcmcia_probe $PCIC_ALT $PCIC_ALT_OPTS
                #       }
                #fi

                if [ -n "${PCIC_ALT}" ]; then # <-----Qui la modifica (-n controlla se non e' nullo o vuoto)
                        pcmcia_probe  $PCIC_ALT  $PCIC_ALT_OPTS || { # <-- Qui la modifica (subito l'alternativa)
                                ewarn "'modprobe ${PCIC_ALT}' failed" # <------- Qui la modifica
                                ewarn "Trying alternative PCIC driver: ${PCIC}" # <-- inversione alternativa
                                pcmcia_probe $PCIC $PCIC_OPTS # <---- inversione alternativa
                        }
                fi

                pcmcia_probe ds
        fi

        ebegin "Starting pcmcia"
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /sbin/cardmgr -- -s ${RUN}/stab ${CARDMGR_OPTS}
        code=$?
        if [ $code -gt 0 ] ; then
                einfo "cardmgr failed to start.  Make sure that you have PCMCIA"
                einfo "modules built or support compiled into the kernel"
        fi
        eend $code
}

stop() {
        local code

        if [ -w ${SC} ] ; then rm -f ${SC} ; fi

        ebegin "Stopping pcmcia"
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/cardmgr.pid --retry 5
        code=$?

        if [ -n `fgrep "ds " /proc/modules | head -n1 | cut -c1` ]; then
                /sbin/rmmod ds 2> /dev/null
                /sbin/rmmod $PCIC 2> /dev/null
                /sbin/rmmod $PCIC_ALT> /dev/null #<---added line
                /sbin/rmmod pcmcia_core 2> /dev/null
        fi

        eend $code
}

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if [ -n "${PCIC_ALT}" ]; then # <-----Qui la modifica (-n controlla se non e' nullo o vuoto)
                        pcmcia_probe  $PCIC_ALT  $PCIC_ALT_OPTS || { # <-- Qui la modifica (subito l'alternativa)
                                ewarn "'modprobe ${PCIC_ALT}' failed" # <------- Qui la modifica
                                ewarn "Trying alternative PCIC driver: ${PCIC}" # <-- inversione alternativa
                                pcmcia_probe $PCIC $PCIC_OPTS # <---- inversione alternativa
                        }
fi 

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 # using the pcmcia-cs drivers, this shhould be either "i82365" or "tcic",
 # depending on your pcmcia hardware.
 # If using kernel drivers not as modules, set PCIC to ""
-PCIC="i82365"
+PCIC="yenta_socket"
 # Put socket driver timing parameters here
 PCIC_OPTS=""

 # Alternative PCIC driver to use if PCIC driver fails
-PCIC_ALT="yenta_socket"
+PCIC_ALT="i82365"
 PCIC_ALT_OPTS="