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OpenBSD 7.9 release · amd64 · Generated 2026-09-09

tpwireless-0.2p0

set IBM Thinkpad BIOS bit to disable Wireless NIC ID check

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Description

tpwireless sets the magic bit in an IBM Thinkpad's BIOS to disable checking of a MiniPCI wireless NIC's PCI IDs against the inbuilt list of allowed ones. This allows one to use a non-IBM authorised NIC in a Thinkpad.

Package information

Ports path
misc/tpwireless
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
misc
Available flavors
None listed
Only for architectures
i386

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