Return-path: Received: from mail-yx0-f187.google.com ([209.85.210.187]:59833 "EHLO mail-yx0-f187.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754764AbZKMOUJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:20:09 -0500 Received: by yxe17 with SMTP id 17so2927570yxe.33 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:20:14 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <646765f40911121808m291a1b6amc13420e6fe384ddd@mail.gmail.com> References: <1d91afb90911112231n54696c5fh950ba0102740d444@mail.gmail.com> <45e8e6c40911112302s7c5c3e5cq496289512410ecba@mail.gmail.com> <200911120847.44150.sturmflut@lieberbiber.de> <1258051444.2347.124.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1258051800.2347.127.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1d91afb90911121758o6109145cl23894afda8bcbee2@mail.gmail.com> <646765f40911121808m291a1b6amc13420e6fe384ddd@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:20:14 +0800 Message-ID: <1d91afb90911130620k2fd89166k9befcc1a643a4639@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Looking for the datasheet of zd1211rw... From: tomas zheng To: Julian Calaby Cc: Dan Williams , Simon Raffeiner , Andrey Yurovsky , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Yes,NDISwrapper is a good choice. Thanks for you help. On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Julian Calaby wrote: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:58, tomas zheng wrote: >> Hi Dan and Guys, >> >> Thanks very much for your information. >> Very appreciated. >> I will try this today. >> >> But why I can not find the detail datasheet about 88W83xxxx on >> http://www.marvell.com and some googling? >> Anyone happened has it? Or , where should I go if I want it? > > Given Marvell's disinterest in Linux support for older 88w83xx > chipsets, I doubt you'll be able to get it for free, let alone under > NDA. > > Your best bet, if you're desperate for Linux support, is to port over > the old vendor driver to mac80211 as Dan pointed out. > > Otherwise, NDISwrapper might be your friend. > > Or you could do what I did when faced with a similar card, make my > other options (a rt2500pci based card) work. > > Thanks, > > -- > > Julian Calaby > > Email: julian.calaby@gmail.com > .Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/ >