minix/drivers/orinoco/INSTALL.txt
Cristiano Giuffrida e090013056 Drivers and servers are simply known as services.
/etc CHANGES:
- /etc/drivers.conf has been renamed to /etc/system.conf. Every entry in 
the file is now marked as "service" rather than driver.
- user "service" has been added to password file /etc/passwd.
- docs/UPDATING updated accordingly, as well as every other mention to the old
drivers.conf in the system.

RS CHANGES:
- No more distinction between servers and drivers.
- RS_START has been renamed to RS_UP and the old legacy RS_UP and RS_UP_COPY
dropped.
- RS asks PCI to set / remove ACL entries only for services whose ACL properties
have been set. This change eliminates unnecessary warnings.
- Temporarily minimize the risk of potential races at boot time or when starting
a new service. Upcoming changes will eliminate races completely.
- General cleanup.
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The driver has been tested on Minix 3.1.3, svn revision 2928:
http://derelict.cs.vu.nl/images/minix3_1_3_ide_r2928.iso.bz2
To install the driver do:
#sh install_script
This script will patch, compile and install 2 code files in Minix:
/usr/src/services/rs/service.c
/usr/src/commands/dhcpd/devices.c
(see the docs directory for more information)
Furthermore, the script will patch 1 configuration file:
/etc/system.conf
(adding an entry for 'orinoco')
and 1 script file:
/usr/etc/rc
(adding an entry in a for-loop to start orinoco)
Finally, the script will copy the orinoco driver into the drivers directory,
compile and install it.
When the script completes successfully, the inet.conf file has to be adjusted
so that Minix will use the orinoco driver. Add an entry like:
eth0 orinoco 0 {default;};
The last step is to set the essid and WEP key of the network in the boot
monitor. When in the boot monitor, type:
essid=<essid>
wep=<WEP key>
save
The essid is the name of the wireless network
The WEP key is a string of 13 ASCII characters, being the key of the wireless
network. This variable shouldn't be set when the network is not WEP protected.
If the essid is not set, the card will just try connect a network quite at random
N.B.: WPA is not supported
N.B.: WEP seems to be buggy. At my place it works, at the VU it doesnt. So if
things don't work, try without WEP