Completely disable buildt-in WLAN

[Kevin Gordon]

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:12 PM, <kgordon420 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well then.  Silly me assuming it would be called libertas, or usb8xxx ;-).
> I'll try that when I get home.  Thanks, KG
> ------Original Message------
> From: James Cameron
> Sender: quozl at us.netrek.org
> To: KG Gmail
> Cc: Development List OLPC
> Subject: Re: Completely disable buildt-in WLAN
> Sent: Sep 18, 2012 18:52
>
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 10:25:50AM -0400, Kevin Gordon wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:25 PM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> >     I have a vague memory of achieving this by renaming the firmware file
> >     out of /lib/firmware ... but I haven't tested this recently.
> >
> > Alas, outside of the firmware I loaded for the new USB devices,
> /lib/firmware
> > looks pretty darn vacant on the XO 1.5 Build 12.1.0.    A search for
> > libertas.fw turned up nada.
>
> Odd, it is /lib/firmware/sd8686.bin on an old build here, maybe it
> moved?  Look for sd8686 anyway.
>
>
renaming the sd 8686 bin file does indeed accomplish the goal.  Thanks good
sir.

KG

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