Re: [zd1211-devs] Help using zd1211
--- On Mon, 7/12/09, Craig Niederberger wrote: > Thanks! > > > Which ever way you choose, you'd possibly benefit from > help from Luis - he is both the maintainer of > compat-wireless and Atheros's contact for the zd1211 vendor > driver. (the latest one is 3.0 - LinuxUSB_AR2524-3.0.0.56). > > Mysterious Luis, could you please weigh in? :) It is not mysterious - Luis' e-mail address etc is in the compat-wireless web page in my last e-mail. I don't know if he is in zd1211-devs (which is mainly for the zd1211rw driver), but he is certainly over at the linux-wireless list, which is also where compat-wireless patches are supposed to be sent, if you choose that route. -- Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev ___ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
Re: [zd1211-devs] Help using zd1211
Thanks! > Which ever way you choose, you'd possibly benefit from help from Luis - he is > both the maintainer of compat-wireless and Atheros's contact for the zd1211 > vendor driver. (the latest one is 3.0 - LinuxUSB_AR2524-3.0.0.56). Mysterious Luis, could you please weigh in? :) Thanks Craig -- Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev ___ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
Re: [zd1211-devs] Help using zd1211
--- On Mon, 7/12/09, Craig Niederberger wrote: > > compat-wireless (a way of having > old kernel plus the latest kernel wireless bits) > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download > > only go as far back as 2.6.22 . Well, you can port it > back to 2.6.21, and send the compat-wireless maintainer a > patch. > It's not mainstream, but it's what I'm developing for, > hardware/software wise. It seems Technologic Systems > decided to use > the zd1211 driver, so I'm trying to get it to work. > Specific > instructions would be greatly appreciated. Which ever way you choose, you'd possibly benefit from help from Luis - he is both the maintainer of compat-wireless and Atheros's contact for the zd1211 vendor driver. (the latest one is 3.0 - LinuxUSB_AR2524-3.0.0.56). You basically have two options, back-port compat-wireless a bit further from 2.6.22 to 2.6.21, or try to fix any ARM-specific problem with the vendor driver; but in either case, it is the same person you need to talk to. (backporting is easier, I would think, just because of the "code-quality") -- Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev ___ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
Re: [zd1211-devs] Help using zd1211
> compat-wireless (a way of having old kernel plus the latest kernel wireless > bits) http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download > only go as far back as 2.6.22 . Well, you can port it back to 2.6.21, and > send the compat-wireless maintainer a patch. > Older does not equal stability (unless you have a bunch of bug fixes which > you have not publicise, in which case, shame on you)... I didn't mean to imply it did, but can understand how my quip led to that interpretation. What I meant was that in focusing on hardware stability, ARM developers are often behind in software, which is certainly frustrating for those of us who use the hardware because it supports Linux. > You could try the vendor driver which supports very old kernels, but then > only well-tested for 32-bit intel, and ARM is not exactly mainstream. It's not mainstream, but it's what I'm developing for, hardware/software wise. It seems Technologic Systems decided to use the zd1211 driver, so I'm trying to get it to work. Specific instructions would be greatly appreciated. TIA, Craig -- Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev ___ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
Re: [zd1211-devs] Help using zd1211
--- On Mon, 7/12/09, Craig Niederberger wrote: > > Get a new kernel... > > I appreciate the thought, but working with embedded systems > often > doesn't afford the luxury of getting a new kernel, as the > hardware > developers are more focused on stability than > performance. This > should work. If you or anyone else could help, I'd > appreciate it. compat-wireless (a way of having old kernel plus the latest kernel wireless bits) http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download only go as far back as 2.6.22 . Well, you can port it back to 2.6.21, and send the compat-wireless maintainer a patch. Older does not equal stability (unless you have a bunch of bug fixes which you have not publicise, in which case, shame on you), particularly for wireless - the whole wireless stack was replaced once or twice between 2.6.21 and current, because people start of trying things out and it doesn't work out and then learn from experience and thought of better way of doing things. You could try the vendor driver which supports very old kernels, but then only well-tested for 32-bit intel, and ARM is not exactly mainstream. -- Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev ___ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
Re: [zd1211-devs] Help using zd1211
> Get a new kernel... I appreciate the thought, but working with embedded systems often doesn't afford the luxury of getting a new kernel, as the hardware developers are more focused on stability than performance. This should work. If you or anyone else could help, I'd appreciate it. TIA, Craig -- Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev ___ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
Re: [zd1211-devs] Help using zd1211
--- On Sun, 6/12/09, Craig Niederberger wrote: > Sorry about posting this > configuration related question here, but I'm > at my wits end trying to get an IOGear USB WiFi dongle to > connect a > TS-7800 ARM to a WPA2 Personal network via DHCP. > > # uname -a > Linux ts7800 2.6.21-ts #1 PREEMPT Fri Oct 10 10:20:42 MST > 2008 > armv5tejl GNU/Linux snipped > It looks like ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument may > be the > culprit, but when I tried Googling that in various > incarnations, I got > nowhere. Get a new kernel. wireless-extension changes/enhances quite a lot - and that looks like incompatibility between kernel interface and user-land tools. 2.6.21 is about 3-4 years old? You would be hard-pressed to find anybody at all who is willing to help you at all on wireless-related issues for such an old kernel. If you insist on using an antique kernel, you are mostly on your own. -- Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev ___ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
