Looking for the datasheet of zd1211rw...

Looking for the datasheet of zd1211rw...

[tomas zheng]

Hi All,

I have one  usb wireless device which can not work on my pc, some one
said it use zd1211rw driver.
Unfortunately, I did not find the datasheet of this chipset, can
anyone kindly share the datasheet with me, please?
BTW,  has any one have the some experience about this device?

Thanks very much, any clue will be very appreciated.

Cheng K T


Device Descriptor:
bcdUSB:             0x0200
bDeviceClass:         0x00
bDeviceSubClass:      0x00
bDeviceProtocol:      0x00
bMaxPacketSize0:      0x40 (64)
idVendor:           0x1286 (MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.)
idProduct:          0x1FAB
bcdDevice:          0x0001
iManufacturer:        0x01
0x0409: "MARVELL "
iProduct:             0x02
0x0409: "MARVELL Wireless Device V1.0.1.0

Re: Looking for the datasheet of zd1211rw...

[Andrey Yurovsky]

It looks like a Marvell device (and therefore not a zd1211) from what
you posted.

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:31 PM, tomas zheng <tomaswlan.zheng@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have one  usb wireless device which can not work on my pc, some one
> said it use zd1211rw driver.
> Unfortunately, I did not find the datasheet of this chipset, can
> anyone kindly share the datasheet with me, please?
> BTW,  has any one have the some experience about this device?
>
> Thanks very much, any clue will be very appreciated.
>
> Cheng K T
>
>
> Device Descriptor:
> bcdUSB:             0x0200
> bDeviceClass:         0x00
> bDeviceSubClass:      0x00
> bDeviceProtocol:      0x00
> bMaxPacketSize0:      0x40 (64)
> idVendor:           0x1286 (MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.)
> idProduct:          0x1FAB
> bcdDevice:          0x0001
> iManufacturer:        0x01
> 0x0409: "MARVELL "
> iProduct:             0x02
> 0x0409: "MARVELL Wireless Device V1.0.1.0
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Re: Looking for the datasheet of zd1211rw...

[Simon Raffeiner]

Am Donnerstag, 12. November 2009 08:02:36 schrieben Sie:

> It looks like a Marvell device (and therefore not a zd1211) from what
> you posted.

It is a Marvell Libertas device, but it seems the USB ID is not claimed by the existing drivers ("libertas" and "libertas_tf").

regards
Simon Raffeiner

Re: Looking for the datasheet of zd1211rw...

[Dan Williams]

On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 08:47 +0100, Simon Raffeiner wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 12. November 2009 08:02:36 schrieben Sie:
> 
> > It looks like a Marvell device (and therefore not a zd1211) from what
> > you posted.
> 
> It is a Marvell Libertas device, but it seems the USB ID is not claimed by the existing drivers ("libertas" and "libertas_tf").

It's a softmac device, likely an 8335-based card.  The 'mwl8k' driver
upstream is the closest match, but mwl8k doesn't yet have support for
the older softmac cards like the 8335 or 8361/8362 TopDog series.

Dan

Re: Looking for the datasheet of zd1211rw...

[Dan Williams]

On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 10:44 -0800, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 08:47 +0100, Simon Raffeiner wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag, 12. November 2009 08:02:36 schrieben Sie:
> > 
> > > It looks like a Marvell device (and therefore not a zd1211) from what
> > > you posted.
> > 
> > It is a Marvell Libertas device, but it seems the USB ID is not claimed by the existing drivers ("libertas" and "libertas_tf").
> 
> It's a softmac device, likely an 8335-based card.  The 'mwl8k' driver
> upstream is the closest match, but mwl8k doesn't yet have support for
> the older softmac cards like the 8335 or 8361/8362 TopDog series.

I lie, it's a usb8338 (W833810).  There's code for this driver
"around" (mrvl_cb82 is the name) but it's the old vendor driver based on
net80211:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/marvell.git;a=summary

drivers/net/wireless/mrvl_cb82/driver/mwl_usb.c

Dan

Re: Looking for the datasheet of zd1211rw...

[tomas zheng]

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?

Thanks,

K T


On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:50 AM, Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 10:44 -0800, Dan Williams wrote:
>> On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 08:47 +0100, Simon Raffeiner wrote:
>> > Am Donnerstag, 12. November 2009 08:02:36 schrieben Sie:
>> >
>> > > It looks like a Marvell device (and therefore not a zd1211) from what
>> > > you posted.
>> >
>> > It is a Marvell Libertas device, but it seems the USB ID is not claimed by the existing drivers ("libertas" and "libertas_tf").
>>
>> It's a softmac device, likely an 8335-based card.  The 'mwl8k' driver
>> upstream is the closest match, but mwl8k doesn't yet have support for
>> the older softmac cards like the 8335 or 8361/8362 TopDog series.
>
> I lie, it's a usb8338 (W833810).  There's code for this driver
> "around" (mrvl_cb82 is the name) but it's the old vendor driver based on
> net80211:
>
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/marvell.git;a=summary
>
> drivers/net/wireless/mrvl_cb82/driver/mwl_usb.c
>
> Dan
>
>
>

Re: Looking for the datasheet of zd1211rw...

[Julian Calaby]

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:58, tomas zheng <tomaswlan.zheng@gmail.com> 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/

Re: Looking for the datasheet of zd1211rw...

[tomas zheng]

Yes,NDISwrapper  is a good choice.
Thanks for you help.


On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:58, tomas zheng <tomaswlan.zheng@gmail.com> 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/
>

Re: Looking for the datasheet of zd1211rw...

[Dan Williams]

On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 22:20 +0800, tomas zheng wrote:
> Yes,NDISwrapper  is a good choice.

Well, not a *good* choice, but about the only choice you have.

Dan

> Thanks for you help.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:58, tomas zheng <tomaswlan.zheng@gmail.com> 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/
> >

Re: Looking for the datasheet of zd1211rw...

[Julian Calaby]

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 13:08, Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 22:20 +0800, tomas zheng wrote:
>> Yes,NDISwrapper  is a good choice.
>
> Well, not a *good* choice, but about the only choice you have.

I was expecting you (or someone else) to point that out =)

Thanks,

-- 

Julian Calaby

Email: julian.calaby@gmail.com
.Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/