James C. Liu wrote: > Is there a plan to support that capability?
Yes, we have plan, but the priority is very low. -- Quaker > > -James > > > > Quaker Fang wrote: > >> Hi James, >> >> Your device (0ace,1215) is based on zd1211b chipset, >> see: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/zd1211rw/devices >> >> The current zyd driver can't support zd1211b chipset, even if you >> change the >> zyd_usb_loadfirmware() to load zd1211b_firmware, there still needs more >> codes in driver to make it work. >> >> -- >> Quaker >> >> James C. Liu wrote: >> >>> Hi Laptop Folks: >>> >>> I thought I finally found a vendor on eBay that sold a Zydas USB >>> wifi-g stick. Got it home yesterday and decided to build the >>> driver in the evening. >>> >>> I managed to get the device to plumb, and then to scan and >>> see 3 networks, 1 which was open. But I couldn't get a DHCP >>> address to come back. Just to be sure it worked, I installed >>> it using WinXP and it works fine. >>> >>> Here are some notes: >>> >>> ---------------------------------- >>> a) wificonfig seems broken. The internal README inside the >>> src package says I can use this, but wificonfig doesn't recognize >>> this devices as wifi. I had to revert to dladm. Inetmenu >>> relies on wificonfig and so it too is failing to configure the >>> interface. >>> >>> b) I modified the gmake add command to also put in 0ace,1215 >>> as a device. It plumbs but still can't get dhcp. >>> >>> c) looked at the source in in the zyd_usb.c, I modified the >>> first request to load firmware (line 979) to: >>> >>> zres = zyd_usb_loadfirmware (uc, zd1211b_firmware, >>> zd1211b_firmware_size); >>> >>> This changes the firmware from zd1211 to zd1211b (which I thought >>> I saw on the web somewhere was more compatible with zd1215. >>> >>> This also still plumbs but cant get DHCP address. >>> >>> d) If I boot with the usb stick already inserted, zyd driver >>> does not load, and I can't get the system to recognize it after >>> removing and re-inserting. I must boot with this Zydas usb >>> device removed, wait for the system to complete booting and then >>> insert it. >>> >>> e) I did snoop -d zyd0 and I can see many packets flowing >>> back and forth over the network for the given essid. >>> ------------------------------------ >>> BTW, to make a build environment that doesn't require ONNV, >>> I simply created a subdirectory inside the zyd-0.1 directory >>> >>> ./mygate/usr/uts/src/common >>> >>> inside this directory, I have ./sys and ./net and copied over >>> several headers, like mac.h, mac-wifi.h, net80211.h >>> wpa.h, and maybe one or more files. I then edited the Makefile >>> and changed the value of GATE = ./mygate >>> >>> Any suggestions on what might be wrong? What I should try? >>> Got anything experimental? >>> >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> -James >>> >>> >>
