On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Hin-Tak Leung <hintak.leung@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 3:44 AM, Hin-Tak Leung <hintak.leung@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 5:15 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez >> <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Here is our latest "vendor driver" for the old zd1211. We much prefer >>> the in-kernel zd1211rw driver but I've heard a few users with issues >>> with some devices. Perhaps this might help a few developers help port >>> over any changes. I myself have not looked at this yet. >>> >>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mcgrof/zd1211/LinuxUSB_AR2524-3.0.0.56.tgz >> >> Somebody reported some problems with the 3.0.0.56 driver in the zd1211 >> list a few days ago, and I was wondering where he got it from :-) ... >> anyway, if you see an obvious answer with the regression noted in this >> mail, it might worth either correcting it or something. >> >> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=8c675e9b0904010320j18f49dccub37b65b81d254cb4%40mail.gmail.com >> >> I'll certainly have a look at the vendor driver sometime soon - I use >> the AP mode. >> > > I have given it a try and even just adding the minimal bits > (enough to cope with David S. Miller's "wext: Emit event stream > entries correctly when compat." > change some 9 months ago) to port beyond 2.6.27(?), the result is a hard lock up > in AP mode of the machine if either 'iwpriv <dev> card_reset' is > issued, or even having a client trying to associate. > > Also the message above is a hard crash problem, and seem to relate to > this paragraph > in LinuxUSB_AR2524-3.0.0.56/docs/PortingNotes.txt > > ------------------- > 1. RX_OFFSET = 3 result in a unaligned rx buffer for usb dma. > This is used to ensure the WLAN/ETH/IP Header is 2 bytes aligned. > But it RX_OFFSET=0, These headers are not aligned , we neeed to > do a copy > ------------------ > > May I ask what's the context and origin of the file > "PortingNotes.txt"? Not sure, I wanted to get this out to help those who are interested in porting changes over (if any) to zd1211rw. If you find nothing useful from it please simply disregard it. Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
