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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
To: Benjamin Slade <slade@jnanam.net>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Gaming desktop hardware + 802.11 ac wifi
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 20:17:10 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8736pedhm1.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r2d95j84.fsf@jnanam.net> (Benjamin Slade's message of "Fri, 18 Jan 2019 22:06:51 -0700")

Hello Benjamin,

Benjamin Slade <slade@jnanam.net> writes:

> On 2019-01-18T20:35:06-0700, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Hi,
>  > Would you know if this would be compatible with newer ThinkPad models
>  > such as the T460S?
>
>  > I'm using a ThinkPenguin USB wifi adapter with the one I have, but it's
>  > a bit bothersome.
>
> One, you would have to see what size card the T460S uses. I *think* it's
> probably a half-height one (which is also what my X230 uses), so that
> would be the one I listed under (2).
>
> But, two, you could run into issues with the bios only whitelisting
> certain wifi cards. I know some ThinkPads have such whitelist, but I
> don't know about your particularly model. (And I don't think Coreboot is
> an option for that model either.)

Thanks for the answer. Based on my research, the T460S would have an RSA
signed BIOS, which means attempting to modify it is futile, helas.

It would also have a whitelist... I guess I'll stick to my ThinkPenguin
TPE-N150USB USB adapter then!

Maxim

  reply	other threads:[~2019-01-27  1:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-01-07  9:00 Gaming desktop hardware + 802.11 ac wifi Pierre Neidhardt
2019-01-07 11:37 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-01-07 13:12   ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-01-07 14:09     ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-01-07 15:01   ` Joshua Branson
2019-01-07 15:07     ` nly
2019-01-07 15:14       ` nly
2019-01-07 20:15         ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-01-07 21:16           ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-01-07 21:42             ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-01-17 20:28               ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-01-18  3:26                 ` Benjamin Slade
2019-01-18  7:49                   ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-01-18 10:30                     ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-01-18 19:11                       ` Benjamin Slade
2019-01-18 20:09                         ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-01-19  5:22                           ` Benjamin Slade
2019-01-19  3:35                   ` Maxim Cournoyer
2019-01-19  5:06                     ` Benjamin Slade
2019-01-27  1:17                       ` Maxim Cournoyer [this message]
2019-01-07 15:23     ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-01-07 19:29 ` Leo Famulari

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