Jelle de Jong wrote: > Hin-Tak Leung wrote: >> --- On Thu, 12/2/09, Jelle de Jong <jelledej...@powercraft.nl> wrote: >> >>> Hi Hin-Tak, could you provide some more information about >>> the debian >>> zd1211-firmware package versus the firmware package of the >>> zd1211 project: >>> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=129083&package_id=187875 >>> >>> What are the differences, how it the development related? >> I am not sure what are you asking - I thought the linuxwireless.org >> paragraph is fairly clear. There are 3 drivers for the zd1211/zd1211b >> devices, >> and the 3 drivers requires two different formats of firmware. (the firmware >> content is logically the same, but presented differently). >> > > So far i understand this: > > I want to use the community driver, have support on it, do testing and > create bug reports that are responded to. > > When I plug-in a zd121x based device on a clean debian sid > installation it will say in dmesg it is missing firmware. The only > firmware for the zd121x i can find on debian is the zd1211-firware > package. After installing this some of my debices work and some do not > I created bug reports for those that do not work. > > If i read the following page correctly: > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/zd1211rw > > This means that the debian zd1211-firware is firmware that is not > designed for the community driver that is used in the default debian > sid kernel ....? So using the zd1211-firware is actually wrong! > > If I read it correctly i should use the below firmware: > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=129083 > > With the community driver and the default debian kernel? > > Is the community firmware not packaged in debian? Where can I find it > in debian and ubuntu? > > Please make it as clear as possible how the situation is. > > Thanks in advance for any info, > > Best regards, > > Jelle >
I did some more research and tried to compare the Debian zd1211-firmware package with the firmware that is tolled to use on the wiki instead of the Debian package, but i cant find any difference in file size or creation date. I am confused. Could somebody explain the situation.. and what firmware should i use to get support? http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/zd1211rw#Firmware "Firmware is pulled from userspace, get the files here.Debian users beware: don't use the the zd1211-firmware package, as this is for Debian's fork of the vendor-based driver" and here is: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=129083 Both Debian package and sourceforge tar.gz seem to contain the same firmware? -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.0K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211b_ub -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5.0K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211b_uph -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5.0K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211b_uphm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5.0K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211b_uphr -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211b_ur -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.0K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211_ub -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5.0K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211_uph -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5.0K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211_uphm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5.0K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211_uphr -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211_ur Best regards, Jelle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
