2008-02-04 15:31:45

by Marc Donner

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Subject: What's about WiMAX?

hi list,

i have here a few wimax 802.16e zyxel pcmcia cards, which only work on
windows. is anybody interrested in developing a driver for these wimax cards?

regards
Marc


2008-02-04 16:25:27

by Marc Donner

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Subject: Re: What's about WiMAX?

On Monday 04 February 2008, you wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 04:00:30PM +0100, Marc Donner wrote:
> > i have here a few wimax 802.16e zyxel pcmcia cards, which only work on
> > windows. is anybody interrested in developing a driver for these wimax
> > cards?
>
> I might be interested. Do you hvae programming documentation for
> these cards?
no, the cards have runcom chipsets, and i don't know if there are programming
documentations availible.

> We currently don't have any wimax support in the kernel, but I know of
> a project working on it. They are using Intel hardware -- it would
> be good to have other hardware to validate their work before merging
> it into the kernel.
i can do some testing if it is required, we have a trial network running. and
a few alcatel basestations in the lab.

>
> John

2008-02-04 16:53:53

by Marcel Holtmann

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Subject: Re: What's about WiMAX?

Hi Marc,

> i have here a few wimax 802.16e zyxel pcmcia cards, which only work on
> windows. is anybody interrested in developing a driver for these wimax cards?

are these PCMCIA or CardBus cards. Or do they actually end up exposing
an USB host controller?

Regards

Marcel