eric magaoay wrote: > I have a question regarding the zd1211rw firmware. Is it supposed to be > included within the latest stock kernel (I'm using latest kernel > development version of Fedora Core 6 - soon to be release - > 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6-xen) or does it require user/distribution download and > installation to make it functional.
It must be installed in /lib/firmware See the zd1211rw help text inside the kernel menuconfig, or the zd1211rw website for more info: http://zd1211.ath.cx/wiki/DriverRewrite > I'm assuming that the firmware is also a re-write and licensed under > GPL; therefore, permitted to be included with the kernel. If NOT, then > that should clearly answer my question that it could NOT be included. The firmware is not rewritten and we don't know the instruction format. The vendor firmware is GPL, could be included in the kernel, but instead we pull it from userspace as this is more sensible and doesn't tie a firmware version to a driver version. > By the way, I'm stress testing the latest zd1211rw included in the > kernel (2.6.18-1.2798.fc6-xen) with firmware snapshot dated 10-19-06 > downloaded from http://www.deine-taler.de . So far so good, but very > slow, maximum rate 1.1MB/sec (8.8Mbit/sec), where it should at least > approach half max speed of 802.11g (54Mbit/sec). Remember to set the transmit rate manually as their is no automatic adjustment. But yes, I think speed isn't as good as the vendor driver, although their RX engine has deviated so much it's hard to compare specific details... Daniel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.ath.cx/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
