Re: [patch] workaround zd1201 interference problem

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Thu Jun 08 2006 - 03:12:58 EST


Hi!

> > >Well, I'll try _enable() alone, but it seems to me that _enable()
> > >command is needed to initialize radio properly. I do not think we can
> > >get much further without firmware sources...
> >
> > If you can formulate a proper and technical description of the issue
> > (and exactly what is needed to workaround it), I can contact ZyDAS for
> > you. They have been very helpful with ZD1211.
>
> Okay, the issue is:
>
> if you plug zd1201 into USB, it starts jamming radio,
> immediately. Enable/disable, or iwlist wlan0 scan, or basically any
> operation unjams the radio. This patch works it around:

Of course, the patch should have been:

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.c b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.c
index 335eaf3..dcc7bc7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.c
@@ -1835,6 +1835,8 @@ static int zd1201_probe(struct usb_inter
zd->dev->name);

usb_set_intfdata(interface, zd);
+ zd1201_enable(zd); /* zd1201 likes to startup enabled, interfering */
+ zd1201_disable(zd); /* with all the wifis in range */
return 0;

err_net:


....question is "is that right solution, or is something different
needed to solve that problem properly"?
Pavel

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