2.6.18-rc1: zd1211rw doesn't work yet?

From: Harald Dunkel
Date: Sat Jul 08 2006 - 15:22:50 EST


Hi folks,

I have used the "external" zd1211 driver for months without problems,
but the integrated version in 2.6.18-rc1 does not work for me.

iwconfig says:

wlan0 802.11g zd1211 ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Invalid
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s
Encryption key:XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XX Security mode:open
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

I had expected something like this (running iwconfig for 2.6.17.3
+ zd1211 rev80):

wlan0 802.11b/g NIC ESSID:"harrinet"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.432 GHz Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
Retry:off RTS thr=2432 B Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:****-****-****-****-****-****-** Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality=84/100 Signal level=55/100 Noise level=0/100
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:44
Tx excessive retries:145 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

Please note that there is no MAC for 2.6.18-rc1.

???


Any hint would be highly appreciated. Of course I would be glad to
help debugging.


Regards

Harri



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