From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from snvl-smtp1.trimble.com (snvl-smtp1.trimble.com [155.63.64.31]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "snvl-smtp1.trimble.com", Issuer "Trimble CA" (not verified)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 77DB6DDF39 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:50:34 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <497EAEAF.3010108@trimble.com> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:50:23 -0600 From: Mike Timmons MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Grant Likely Subject: Re: any luck with wireless USB adaptors? References: <497E81DD.9020408@trimble.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Reply-To: mike_timmons@trimble.com List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Thanks. Yes, USB wi fi is what I'm after. I did find the driver I needed after enabling the WLAN80211 and EXPERIMENTAL options. The device discovery appears to work, and with wireless tools I can iwconfig and see my interface. QUESTION: when I "ifoncfig wlan0 up" it results in an attempt to load a firmwmare file as follows. as you can see, it fails. What are these firmware files? I can't find it in my build output. How do I build it or where do I get it? Where would I put it on my target? I did search for answers to these questions and tried to stick an rt73.bin of unknown origin (to me anyway) in /lib/firmware but I got the same error. -sh-2.05b# ifconfig wlan0 up [ 2212.027071] phy1 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt73.bin'. [ 2272.058793] phy1 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware. SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory Thanks again, Mike \ Grant Likely wrote: > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Mike Timmons wrote: > >> I'm running 2.6.24 with Freescale's lite5200 as my base. I'm interested in >> this USB adaptor for wireless USB, but my web search does not make me >> confident that my effort will yield fruit. >> >> Can anyone direct me to a good source outlining success stories with >> wireless USB adaptors? At present I'm mesing with Linksys WUSB54GC and some >> driver source from Ralink, but my cross-compile is not working. >> > > Umm, the WUSB54GC is not a "wireless USB" adapter. It is a USB WiFi > adapter. If you're looking for wireless USB then it is the wrong > device. > > If you are looking for a suitable wifi adapter, then that device > should work, but if you can go with a PCI or a miniPCI WiFi adapter > instead then you should get better performance. The 5200 only has USB > 1.1. > > I'm having good success with an Atheros miniPCI adapter at the moment > using a 2.6.28 kernel. > > g. >