tpwireless

set IBM Thinkpad BIOS bit to disable Wireless NIC ID check

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  1. Package version
    tpwireless-0.2p0
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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.