2005-10-02 11:55:59

by Zoltan Boszormenyi

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Subject: Am1771 wireless driver?

Hi,

is there a driver for this chip?

03:05.0 RF controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Am 1771 MBW
[Alchemy] (rev XX)"

The wireless card in question is an SMC 2602W v3 but
NetVision AM1771 MBW Alchemy seems to have the same chip.
I found a driver (in source) but it's only for Linux 2.4.x.

Thanks and best regards,
Zolt?n B?sz?rm?nyi


2005-10-02 12:12:42

by Christoph Hellwig

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Subject: Re: Am1771 wireless driver?

On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 02:22:12PM +0200, Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
> The wireless card in question is an SMC 2602W v3 but
> NetVision AM1771 MBW Alchemy seems to have the same chip.
> I found a driver (in source) but it's only for Linux 2.4.x.

If you really have the full source for it forward-porting shouldn't
be much of a problem.

2005-10-02 12:30:58

by Zoltan Boszormenyi

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Subject: Re: Am1771 wireless driver?

Christoph Hellwig ?rta:
> On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 02:22:12PM +0200, Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
>
>>The wireless card in question is an SMC 2602W v3 but
>>NetVision AM1771 MBW Alchemy seems to have the same chip.
>>I found a driver (in source) but it's only for Linux 2.4.x.
>
>
> If you really have the full source for it forward-porting shouldn't
> be much of a problem.
>
>

http://www.emota.com.br/wireless/extra/Am1771.tar.bz2


2005-10-03 21:06:45

by Arnd Bergmann

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Subject: Re: Am1771 wireless driver?

On S?nndag 02 Oktober 2005 14:57, Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig ?rta:
> > If you really have the full source for it forward-porting shouldn't
> > be much of a problem. ?
> >
> http://www.emota.com.br/wireless/extra/Am1771.tar.bz2
>
Unfortunately, this thing seems to be licensed for non-use only:

/* This software and any related documentation (the "Materials") are the
* confidential proprietary information of AMD. Unless otherwise provided
* in an agreement specifically licensing the Materials, the Materials are
* provided in confidence and may not to be used, distributed, modified, or
* reproduced in whole or in part by any means. */

Even if you got this under a real source license, you would probably
have a hard time understanding enough of the 12MB tarball to port it to 2.6.

Arnd <><