From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: Please pull 'zd1211rw' branch of wireless-2.6 (new driver) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:29:30 -0400 Message-ID: <44A5516A.3000602@garzik.org> References: <20060626212547.GE30706@tuxdriver.com> <20060628004838.GA15906@tuxdriver.com> <20060628173613.GC18914@tuxdriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:13499 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932100AbWF3Q3g (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:29:36 -0400 To: "John W. Linville" In-Reply-To: <20060628173613.GC18914@tuxdriver.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org John W. Linville wrote: > For easier review, a tarball of drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw is available here: > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/linville/zd1211rw.tar.gz > >>>From Daniel's initial zd1211rw changelog: > > [PATCH] ZyDAS ZD1211 USB-WLAN driver > > There are 60+ USB wifi adapters available on the market based on the ZyDAS > ZD1211 chip. > > Unlike the predecessor (ZD1201), ZD1211 does not have a hardware MAC, so most > data operations are coordinated by the device driver. The ZD1211 chip sits > alongside an RF transceiver which is also controlled by the driver. Our driver > currently supports 2 RF types, we know of one other available in a few marketed > products which we will be supporting soon. > > Our driver also supports the newer revision of ZD1211, called ZD1211B. The > initialization and RF operations are slightly different for the new revision, > but the main difference is 802.11e support. Our driver does not support the > QoS features yet, but we think we know how to use them. > > This driver is based on ZyDAS's own GPL driver available from www.zydas.com.tw. > ZyDAS engineers have been responsive and supportive of our efforts, so thumbs > up to them. Additionally, the firmware is redistributable and they have > provided device specs. > > This driver has been written primarily by Ulrich Kunitz and myself. Graham > Gower, Greg KH, Remco and Bryan Rittmeyer have also contributed. The > developers of ieee80211 and softmac have made our lives so much easier- thanks > > We maintain a small info-page: http://zd1211.ath.cx/wiki/DriverRewrite > > If there is enough time for review, we would like to aim for inclusion in > 2.6.18. The driver works nicely as a STA, and can connect to both open and > encrypted networks (we are using software-based encryption for now). We will > work towards supporting more advanced features in the future (ad-hoc, master > mode, 802.11a, ...). > > Please review! > > Thanks, > > John > > --- > > The following changes since commit 70a332b048e4d90635dfa47fc5d91cf87b5cc3a5: > John W. Linville: > softmac: fix build-break from 881ee6999d66c8fc903b429b73bbe6045b38c549 > > are found in the git repository at: > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git zd1211rw pulled, though I would like to see the debug facilities cleaned up