i can remember my first contacts with *nix style os's...was a hard life...and still nowadays i'm definately not something like a guru...just a noob that get's around
no, there is nothing special on it, you just have to compile th drivers and the tools.
after that you have to bind the airjack_cs.o to your prism card (i've tested it on my acer warplink)
after that you have to patch the orinoco.c from your pcmcia source tree and compile it.
the last thing is to compile the tools and then you're ready to go...
i'll post a step-by-step on how i got it to work as soon as i've finished...(about 10 min)
i hope it will be readable and can be understood, since my english is not as good as well...
cheers