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Altera_Forum
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19 years ago

Can PCI Wifi Cards works under uClinux in 1s10?

Hi, hippo, http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif I want to connect the pci wireless network adapter with my stratix board. And I wonder that can altera pci comp...
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19 years ago

>>The PCI driver is quite portable. People on this forum had used it for gigabit ethernet, IEEE1394, and USB. It is not difficult to add a wifi.

Thanks!

I read some posts before about using pci driver to connect ethernet device and other device, but I am not quite sure about wifi.

>>But you should know the Altera dev board does not have PCI or mini-PCI slot. How do you connect it?

Yes, the Altera dev board does not have PCI slot. I want to make a daughter card in which there is a PCI slot, and use the Expansion Prototype Connector in altera board to connect the daughter card. Does this work?

>>You may find the PCI host usage in the wiki.

btw, I am in mainland and I can not log on the nioswiki now.