I'm not sure how much this helps but maybe it will help some.
Code:
│ │[*] Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio) & Wireless Extensions │ │
│ │ --- Obsolete Wireless cards support (pre-802.11) │ │
│ │ < > STRIP (Metricom starmode radio IP) (NEW) │ │
│ │ < > Aironet Arlan 655 & IC2200 DS support (NEW) │ │
│ │ < > AT&T/Lucent old WaveLAN & DEC RoamAbout DS ISA support (NEW) │ │
│ │ --- Wireless 802.11b ISA/PCI cards support │ │
│ │ < > Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 ISA and PCI cards (NEW) │ │
│ │ < > Hermes chipset 802.11b support (Orinoco/Prism2/Symbol) (NEW) │ │
│ │ < > Atmel at76c50x chipset 802.11b support (NEW) │ │
│ │ --- Prism GT/Duette 802.11(a/b/g) PCI/Cardbus support │ │
│ │ < > Intersil Prism GT/Duette/Indigo PCI/Cardbus (NEW) │ │
│ │ < > IEEE 802.11 for Host AP (Prism2/2.5/3 and WEP/TKIP/CCMP) (NEW) │ │
Keep in mind, Linux goes by the chip on the card not the brand of the card.
Hope that helps until someone else comes along. Oh, I got theat from the kernel config screen.
