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Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:07:30 +0100
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Subject: Re: zd1211rw on Debian not working with new kernels
From: Hin-Tak Leung <hintak.leung@gmail.com>
To: Michele Alessandrini <m.alessandrini@deit.univpm.it>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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2009/9/25 Michele Alessandrini <m.alessandrini@deit.univpm.it>:
> Hi everybody,
> I have a Sitecom WL-113 USB wireless adapter, and I use Debian testing with
> zd1211rw. My wireless network uses WPA.
> The adapter is working with kernel up to 2.6.24. It is not working anymore
> with kernels 2.6.26 and 2.6.30 (these are the kernels I could test).
> From what I can see, wpa_supplicant gets a series of errors from the driver
> when it tries to associate to the network.
> Provided that the OS is exactly the same, and the only variable is which
> kernel is booted, I think it's something related to the driver (kernel 2.6.26
> is where the MAC layer has been changed) or to the interface between it and
> wpa_supplicant.
> I'm just writing to ask if this is a know issue or if someone else is getting
> similar problems.
> Thank you very much for your work
> Bye
> Michele Alessandrini, Italy
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I am quite sure you are mistaken. Debian ships a version of the
vendor/vendor-derived driver up to 2.6.24(?) and I don't know when
they switch over. You should approach the debian people on your
problem.