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LA-51XX Compact Flash Adapter Linux Driver
1.1 Introduction
The Linux Driver build for the LA-51XX 802.11a/b/g client NIC card is done on a RedHat Linux 9 machine,
installed with gcc, and Linux kernel 2.4.22 or later. For the driver to run successfully, you would also need the
LA-51XX firmware.
1.2 Pre Requisites
• RedHat Linux 9 system, with gcc, make, patch etc., to build the device driver from the sources
• RedHat Linux 9 system, with a kernel of 2.4.22 or later
• The kernel should have NETLINK, PCI and HOTPLUG support enabled.
1.3 Installation
You can use either of the below mentioned methods to install the LA-51XX Driver and associated software:
• Install using install script
• Manual install
1.4 Install using install script
The Linux driver needs the following components to work, which are installed by the installation script.
• openssl-0.9.7j
• wireless_tools version 28
- iwconfig, iwlist, iwevent tools used for configuration
• wpa-supplicant-0.4.9
1. Run the installation script from the installation CD. The user should have root permissions.
/mnt/cdrom/la5137-pkgs/la5137-bi.sh
2. The script installs the software in the following directory by default (or in the installation directory
specified by you):
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