Michael Li ??: > James Cornell wrote: > >> taoww wutao wrote: >> >>> Hi,James >>> More infomation are attached. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Tao >>> --- James Cornell <sparcdr at sparcdr.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Tao Wu wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> I used Netgear MA521 on my notebook.The OS is >>>>> >>>>> >>>> snv_79b. >>>> >>>> >>>>> The card is detected and driver attached, but no >>>>> >>>>> >>>> signal,not scan any >>>> >>>> >>>>> wireless network.Why? >>>>> >>>>> Thank you! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This message posted from opensolaris.org >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> laptop-discuss mailing list >>>>> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> More information is needed, could you run prtconf >>>> -pv, modinfo, and >>>> /usr/X11/bin/scanpci -v to give us more details >>>> about what specific card >>>> you're using? >>>> >>>> James >>>> >>>> >>>> >> Funny, I was about to buy one very similar, but I ended up not needing a >> wireless card for my desktop as the cable was setup in my room. >> Anyways, I tried looking around on bugs.opensolaris.org for anything >> related to "rtw" (Actual module name) and "realtek" but apparently >> there's not much on it. I can't seem to find any fix either, at least >> not yet, Michael Li replied to this, it's with the device interrupts. >> >> This is way to low-level for me to explain correctly, as this is really >> not what I specialize in. In a nutshell though, something is lost in >> translation, the device and pcmcia controller are not sending key data, >> either correctly, or at all. Hence it cannot scan and probably wouldn't >> associate if you tried forcing it. Again, don't call me an expert, I >> mostly repeat what others have done, this stuff is usually NDA or >> reverse engineered, and quite specialized to fix. I am wondering what >> is up with the garbage ACPI debug info. doubtful this is the root cause. >> >> James >> > > Hi, James, > > Haven't root cause it yet. I just found interrupt is not actived after > plumb. I have ordered the same adapter to debug the issue, please file a > bug againt this issue. > > Thanks, > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > Hi,
I just got a Netgear MA521, from register dump, it was built with Philips SA2400A radio tranceiver which is different from that of Linksys WPC11 v4 adapter (Maxim MAX2820). Currently, only Maxim MAX2820 is supported by rtw driver. Thanks, Michael
