Ben Taylor wrote: > Raymond wrote: > >> Hi I think this is the right list to ask about wireless support. I'm running >> Solaris snv_78 on Ultra 10, I also have a Belkin USB PCI card installed and >> working. Does anyone know if there are any USB wireless adapters which will >> work on this platform, what chipset/brand do they have to be in order to >> work, etc. Thanks. >> >> >> > The zyd driver may work. I've been meaning to get to compile on > SPARC/Nevada but haven't > had the time (just moved). > > the most current source of the driver is at > http://svn9.cvsdude.com/kdesolaris/zyd/trunk > and supports both zd1211 and zd1211b chipsets, and the al2230, rfmd and > al7230b > radios. A list of some supported devices is at > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/zyd/ > (there are approximately 70 different vendors who use Zydas chipsets in > their > USB 2.0 Wifi devices). > > The driver currently supports WEP, and WPA support is working (though > I've seen a panic > I've not been able to track down yet) for both my ZyXEL G-220 and > Gigafast WF748-CUI (zd1211b > device) adapter. > > You'll need a copy of the opensolaris source tree to compile the driver, > and I end up putting > it in /export/src/onnv-gate and then symlinking it to /usr/src/onnv-gate > (since that's the default > location for the open solaris source in the Makefile) > > hg clone ssh://anon at hg.opensolaris.org/hg/onnv/onnv-gate > > Ben > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > Afauk, the only known supported wireless adapter under SPARC is a modified pcwl for Tadpole portables, for Solaris 9/10. As for OpenSolaris, I really am unsure if those sources were made available with the changes. It's nice to see zyd is partially working :-)
James
