Ben Taylor wrote: > James Cornell wrote: >> 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 :-) > > I think I remember seeing something about getting the Atheros HAL layer > ported to SPARC by Garrett D'Amore on this list. Haven't seen anything > more about it. > > As for the zyd driver, I'm not sure why you say partially working. > > I may have a Sun address, but I'm not a developer. I just happend > on the code, bought a device, found it didn't work, and then got > it working and have been maintaining and extending it ever since. > > Ben I remember that Garrett was asking the community to pay the initial porting fee for the HAL. It was to be paid for services rendered by Sam Leffer who also had an interest in porting it, granted he could be funded as he always has been for his work with Atheros. Nothing so far has been accomplished, as the funding has not been gathered. I suppose it'd be better for Sun to directly sponsor the port as it's easier for them to fund the project, and IMHO would be an important asset. Unfortunately, no one knows what Sun's long-term goals are for SPARC, at times they support it wholeheartedly, and others not at all. It's in their ballpark if they are still interested in keeping SPARC viable to non-enterprise industries.
James
