From: Alexander Gausa on
John Kelly wrote:

> Alexander Gausa wrote:
>> <3>prism54: request_firmware() failed for 'isl3886'
>> <3>eth1: could not upload firmware ('isl3886')
>
> With the prism54 chipset based wlan cards you need to install the
> firmware file.
>
> Download the latest from http://prism54.org/~mcgrof/firmware/
> and rename it to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/isl3886
>
> Let us know how you get on...

in this directory is no prism.. or equal file. i have have the windows
install cd for this wlan chipset, perhaps i can use a file from there
(which - where)

thanks for help

From: JohnK on
I now don't think it'll work but the file I meant was the 1.0.4.3 link
to 1.0.4.3.arm. You would download that file and rename to
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/isl3886.

On your CD, look for the *.arm file.

I've never used it but I think some people have had ndiswrapper working
on SuSE 9.2.

Regards

John