Hi list, On linux-2.6.24-gentoo-r3, the zd1211rw driver was working as eth1. This is a big-endian machine. On 2.6.30-gentoo-r5, 'ifconfig -a' shows the relevant entries below: wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:01:D0:11:7D BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-16-01-D0-11-7D-10-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 [NO FLAGS] MTU:0 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) dmesg command shows: usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0411, idProduct=00da usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=0 usb 1-2: Product: USB2.0 WLAN usb 1-2: Manufacturer: Buffalo usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel' zd1211rw 1-2:1.0: phy1 usb 1-2: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_ub usb 1-2: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_uphr zd1211rw 1-2:1.0: firmware version 4725 zd1211rw 1-2:1.0: zd1211b chip 0411:00da v4810 high 00-16-01 AL2230S_RF pa0 g--N- usb 1-2: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_ub usb 1-2: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_uphr usb 1-2: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_ub usb 1-2: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_uphr usb 1-2: USB control request for firmware upload failed. Error number -110 usb 1-2: Could not upload firmware code uph. Error number -110 zd1211rw 1-2:1.0: couldn't load firmware. Error number -110 lsusb shows: Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0411:00da MelCo., Inc. WLI-U2-KG54L Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bringing it up: ifconfig wlan0 up SIOCSIFFLAGS: Connection timed out DHCP command: dhcpcd wlan0 dhcpcd: version 5.0.6 starting dhcpcd: wlan0: interface not found or invalid Likely is a issue similar reported previously: http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=124906700820860&w=2 Quick peek at the source diffs between previous version reveals some changes. Regards, Leonardo -- 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