From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 00:05:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 00:04:56 -0500 Received: from linuxcare.com.au ([203.29.91.49]:18439 "EHLO front.linuxcare.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 00:04:45 -0500 Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:04:39 +1100 From: David Gibson To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Alternative driver for Lucent 802.11 cards Message-ID: <20010228160439.A2730@linuxcare.com> Mail-Followup-To: David Gibson , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I've written a driver for the Lucent and Cabletron 802.11 cards, to replace the wvlan_cs driver. I'm looking for people to test this driver with as many card/firmware variations as possible. The new driver doesn't use the Lucent HCF-Light code, and as a consequence the code should be easier to follow. The locking is also slightly more sophisticated in that this driver shouldn't leave IRQs disabled for long periods of time like wvlan_cs can. The driver is basically complete, although it lacks a few features of wvlan_cs (some less used iwconfig settings). Currently it supports the Lucent and Cabletron cards, and it partially works (no WEP) on at least one Prism based card (the Farallon Skyline). I hope to make it support the Apple Airport cards as well, eventually. wvlan_cs, the linux-wlan driver and the NetBSD if_wi driver were all used quite heavily as references in writing this driver. This driver is written (currently) strictly for use with 2.4 - it won't work with 2.2 or with the out-of-the-kernel pcmcia modules (mostly for trivial reasons). Currently it's not nicely packaged. The various files can be grabbed from: http://www.linuxcare.com.au/dgibson/dldwd/ How to build and install the driver is left as an exercise to the reader. -- David Gibson, Technical Support Engineer, Linuxcare, Inc. +61 2 6262 8990 dgibson@linuxcare.com.au http://www.linuxcare.com/ Linuxcare. Putting open source to work.