[zd1211-devs] zd1211rw issue with scanning/ifup sequence?

2007-02-06 Thread Pekka Savola
Hello, I recently got an A-LINK 54Mbit/s USB stick, which is recognized as follows in 2.6.20-grade kernel (actually 2.6.20-1.rt2.0111 on FC6): zd1211rw 2-2:1.0: firmware version 4725 zd1211rw 2-2:1.0: zd1211b chip 0ace:1215 v4810 full 00-02-72 AL2230_RF pa0 g--N zd1211rw 2-2:1.0: eth1 SoftMAC:

Re: [zd1211-devs] zd1211rw issue with scanning/ifup sequence?

2007-02-06 Thread Daniel Drake
Pekka Savola wrote: Also, if I manually do 'ifconfig eth1 up' before ESSID is set, it'll work without problem. This is a distro bug - it should bring the interface up before using it. Many drivers require the interface to be up before scanning is possible, since for a lot of hardware,