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LA-5127 CF card Integration Guide

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5. Product Power Requirements

Depends on operating mode, network/traffic load and platform implementation.

The following table lists the typical current consumption under the specified

usage model:

Usage Model Current Consumption (mA)

(5sec average)

Power Save Idle 17

CAM mode (20% TX duty cycle) 298

CAM mode (20% RX duty cycle) 296

6. Linux Software Support

6.1 Linux Pre- Requisites

The following are the pre-requisites needed to bring up the LA 5127 CF adapter

under Linux environment:

1. PCMCIA enabled in the kernel

2. Linux kernel 2.4.22 or later

3. Netlink enabled in the kernel if WPA supplicant is to be used

4. Compiler and make utilities to build the driver, wireless tools, WPA

supplicant and OpenSSL sources

6.2 LA 5127 Linux Software Components

1. Driver sources

The drivers will be supported on Red Hat 9 distribution of Linux based

on 2.4 kernels. Sources for the driver will be provided.

2. Firmware Binary

Firmware binary which has the complete 802.11 MAC implementation

for LA 5127 adapter.

3. Sample applications - getoid, setoid

These are used for configuration and monitoring the adapter. These

applications invoke the APIs (OIDs) to set or get information from the

adapter. Refer to the API Reference Guide document for further

information.

4. OpenSSL sources