Return-path: Received: from aktaia.intevation.org ([212.95.126.10]:48446 "EHLO kolab.intevation.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753739AbYFSIXd convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:23:33 -0400 From: Bernhard Reiter To: "linux-wireless" Subject: Re: 802.11 pccard, Agere 0x0156,0x0003? Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:23:38 +0200 Cc: Greg KH References: <200806181715.20516.bernhard@intevation.de> <4859866A.1090300@gmail.com> <1213833799.5258.13.camel@dv> In-Reply-To: <1213833799.5258.13.camel@dv> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Message-Id: <200806191023.39851.bernhard@intevation.de> (sfid-20080619_102338_364989_49D05962) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Am Donnerstag, 19. Juni 2008 02:03:19 schrieb Pavel Roskin: > On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 23:04 +0100, Dave wrote: > > Stefanik G=E1bor wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Bernhard Reiter=20 wrote: > > >> Sitting here a pc card wireless land adapter. > > >> id 0x0156, 0x0003, which probably makes it an Agere card. > > >> cardctl info says: > > >> "Wireless PC Card Model 0110" > > > > > > This appears to be a Wavelan 2 / Orinoco card. Maybe try adding y= our > > > device IDs to the Orinoco driver. > > > > According to > > , > > this is a Hermes II based card, which is not supported by the orino= co > > driver. So far I had gathered already from the pages linked in my last post. Nevertheless I gave it a shot on a 2.6.17 I had easily available and en= ded up=20 with a message saying that the firmware is incompatible. > > There is a more recent version of the Agere driver available, which= has > > been patched for 2.6 kernels. See > > > > It's really a low hanging fruit. The big thing that was missing was > firmware download for Agere, but Dave implemented that. The remainin= g > work is mostly integration of the pieces together, adding the ID, > allowing initialization without firmware loaded, loading the right > firmware for the card. Ah, I never found that one. Also because the match that this indeed is a HermesII card could never be made for sure by myself and because that page is only about Hermes I. > I feel bad that I'm too busy with other things to pay enough attentio= n > to older drivers, but we have linux-wireless list now, so I don't nee= d > to be a bottleneck. Volunteers are welcome. Am Donnerstag, 19. Juni 2008 08:55:30 Holger Schurig wrote: > You mean I can convert the sta_h2.h file from the above link to > some binary file and let orinoco+Dave's patches load that > firmware to the card? > > I'm asking this because I also have a bunch of Hermes I and > Hermes II cards, which don't work with the Orinoco driver, but > with the "brought somewhat up to kernel 2.6" wlags_h2_718.tgz > driver from the above link. That driver works, but hurts the > eyes, and now has some problems with 2.6.25, e.g. at unloading > time. So this is the first indication that the wlags_h2_718 might work for the Hermes II card. Where can I download it without registration? Why wasn't the 7.22 version used as base for the patch? Best, Bernhard [cc my on relevent replies] --=20 Managing Director - Owner: www.intevation.net (Free Software Comp= any) Germany Coordinator: fsfeurope.org. Coordinator: www.Kolab-Konsortium.c= om. Intevation GmbH, Osnabr=FCck, DE; Amtsgericht Osnabr=FCck, HRB 18998 Gesch=E4ftsf=FChrer Frank Koormann, Bernhard Reiter, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wag= ner -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireles= s" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html