Hello,
As per the thread at oesf, the issue was that there wasn't enough
power coming from the Zaurus's USB port to power it. When I used a
powered USB hub, the adapter worked fine.
-Montana
On Dec 12, 2007 11:46 AM, Montana Quiring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> First off, thanks for the work put into this driver. I'm sure it
> wasn't a walk in the park.
>
> As per the Subject line I'm trying to get a USB Wifi device working on
> the Sharp Zaurus (a Linux sub-sub-laptop).
>
> I started a thread on the OESF forum, if you want to read it first:
> http://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=25125
>
> Someone who has the kernel source and a compile environment was kind
> enough to compile the driver for me.
> I'm running a 2.6.16 kernel with the pdaXrom R198 distro. Because it
> no 2.6.18 or better he had to compile the one that was not supported.
> :(
>
> I've installed the kernel module and according to dmesg it looks like
> it loads OK:
> usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
>
> _ _
> |__ / _| _ \ / \ / ___|
> / / | | | | | |/ _ \ \___ \
> / /| |_| | |_| / ___ \ ___) |
> /\__, |/_/ \_\/
> |___/
> ZD1211B - version 2.22.0.0-development
> vendor_id = 0ace
> product_id = 1215
> USB 1.1 Host
> Release Ver = 4810
> EEPORM Ver = 4810
> Finsih download Firmware. Ready to reboot
> PA type: 0
> PHYNEWLayout = 1
> Airoha AL2230S_RF
> OverWrite CR47 = 0x1C
> zd1205_config: EEP(HWFeature)=0x580
> AllowedChannel = 000107ff
> Region:16
> usbcore: registered new driver zd1211b
>
> I've typed the following, but it still just keeps blinking and never
> connects to the AP:
> modprobe -v zd1211b
> ifconfig eth0 up
> iwconfig eth0 rate 2000kb
> iwconfig eth0 channel 11
> iwconfig eth0 essid linksys
> iwpriv eth0 set_mac_mode 3
> iwconfig eth0 mode 2
>
> (I read that I can't changed the channel while in managed mode... why is
> that?)
>
> if I try and run "dhcpd eth0", it blinks for a bit and then seems to
> down the eth0 device
>
> If I look at dmesg after I've tried connecting to an AP it starts out by
> saying:
> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
> Wait too long to start scanning
>
> then is says a lot of:
> ZD1211_TX_BUSY is locked over 5 seconds
> jiffies = 1817302, lastSetBusy = 1815785, HZ=100
> (the above two lines repeat many times with only the jiffies and
> lastSetBusy numbers changing)
>
> then near the bottom I get (FYI, might have been around when I
> unplugged the device):
> macp is NULL or macp.flags.ZD1211_RUNNING
> Wait too long to start scanning
> soc: WM8750 <-> pxa2xx-i2s info
> soc: rate mask 0x6fe
> soc: min ch 2 max ch 2
> soc: min rate 8000 max 96000
> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
> Call StartSTA(IBSS or AP)
>
> Any advice would be appreciated!
>
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