Comment 6 for bug 532451

Reply to my email (send to the people at Intel who added the 6050 kernel support):

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hello David

On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 22:14 +0000, David Strauss wrote:
> I'm researching how to enable the WiMax and WiFi hardware on our
> Thinkpad T510s in Ubuntu. I found a patch that you were each involved in
> submitting or reviewing that adds support for the 6050 series to the
> 2.6.33 kernel. I've installed that kernel, but I still lack the
> necessary firmware, and it doesn't appear available for download from
> the Intel Linux Wireless or the Linux WiMAX site.
>
> Any guidance here would be helpful, and I'm happy to share it on my
> company's public wiki once things are working.
>

The Linux WiMAX software for the 6x50 series is still incomplete; the
kernel drivers have been enabled ahead of time, but the user space
support, including the firmware file is still in the final stages of
completion.

Availability time is still TBD, but should be sooner than later.