Christoph Biedl wrote: > My system is running Debian testing (etch) on kernel 2.6.18. In order to > have the firmware loader find the firmware, I had to issue some commands > first: > > ln -s /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware /lib/firmware/zd1211 > cd /lib/firmware/zd1211 > ln -s zd1211-WS11Ub.fw zd1211b_ub > ln -s zd1211-WS11UPhR.fw zd1211b_uphr > [ found at http://antares.escomposlinux.org/?p=326 thanks! ]
This is because you didn't use "the firmware" as described in the ZD1211 kernel help text which is http://zd1211.ath.cx/get-firmware Instead you used the firmware which belongs to Debian's fork of the ZD1211 vendor driver. However, using hacks like the above *should* work OK (although you are probably running different firmware from what zd1211rw is currently designed for). > A bit astonishing: The built-in blue LED turns off as soon as the driver > module is loaded. Some lines from syslog: Not a bug, we just didn't have LED functionality in 2.6.18 > | usb 6-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8 > | usb 6-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > | usb 6-1: firmware device id 0x4330 and actual device id 0x4810 differ, > continuing anyway > | zd1211rw 6-1:1.0: firmware version 4605 > | zd1211rw 6-1:1.0: zd1211b chip 0586:340f v4810 high 00-13-49 AL2230_RF pa0 > g-- > | zd1211rw 6-1:1.0: eth1 > | usbcore: registered new driver zd1211rw > > To my big surprise the newly created device is actually eth2. The naming scheme is the same as most of the other in-kernel wireless drivers > Now I can scan the network and find my 11g access point. All > ieee80211_crypt* modules were loaded. However, association is not > possible and I get a lot of > > | SoftMAC: Authentication timed out with 00:14:bf:**:**:** You need this patch: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=fe7215caa033814cee1e6808e44132b7cefb1a9e;hp=e9ffb3d7ec94083a44a8721681391beca2ffd68c It fixes data transfer on ZD1211B devices and unfortunately didn't make it into 2.6.18. Daniel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.ath.cx/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
