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Re: [laptop-discuss] Wireless Network Driver for Realtek 8180 802.11b Ch

Subject: Re: [laptop-discuss] Wireless Network Driver for Realtek 8180 802.11b Chipset rtw
From: James Cornell
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:44:14 -0500
Michael Li wrote:
> Michael Li åé:
>> James Cornell wrote:
>>  
>>> taoww wutao wrote:
>>>    
>>>> Hi,James
>>>> More infomation are attached.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Tao
>>>> --- James Cornell <sparcdr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>> Tao Wu wrote:
>>>>>            
>>>>>> I used Netgear MA521 on my notebook.The OS is
>>>>>>                 
>>>>> snv_79b.
>>>>>            
>>>>>> The card is detected and driver attached, but no
>>>>>>                 
>>>>> signal,not scan any
>>>>>            
>>>>>> wireless network.Why?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>>  
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>>>>> More information is needed, could you run prtconf
>>>>> -pv, modinfo, and /usr/X11/bin/scanpci -v to give us more details
>>>>> about what specific card you're using?
>>>>>
>>>>> James
>>>>>
>>>>>             
>>> Funny, I was about to buy one very similar, but I ended up not 
>>> needing a wireless card for my desktop as the cable was setup in my 
>>> room.  Anyways, I tried looking around on bugs.opensolaris.org for 
>>> anything related to "rtw" (Actual module name) and "realtek" but 
>>> apparently there's not much on it.  I can't seem to find any fix 
>>> either, at least not yet, Michael Li replied to this, it's with the 
>>> device interrupts.
>>>
>>> This is way to low-level for me to explain correctly, as this is 
>>> really not what I specialize in.  In a nutshell though, something is 
>>> lost in translation, the device and pcmcia controller are not 
>>> sending key data, either correctly, or at all.  Hence it cannot scan 
>>> and probably wouldn't associate if you tried forcing it.  Again, 
>>> don't call me an expert, I mostly repeat what others have done, this 
>>> stuff is usually NDA or reverse engineered, and quite specialized to 
>>> fix.  I am wondering what is up with the garbage ACPI debug info. 
>>> doubtful this is the root cause.
>>>
>>> James
>>>     
>>
>> Hi, James,
>>
>> Haven't root cause it yet. I just found interrupt is not actived 
>> after plumb. I have ordered the same adapter to debug the issue, 
>> please file a bug againt this issue.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Michael
>>
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> Hi,
>
> I just got a Netgear MA521, from register dump, it was built with 
> Philips SA2400A radio tranceiver which is different from that of 
> Linksys WPC11 v4 adapter (Maxim MAX2820). Currently, only Maxim 
> MAX2820 is supported by rtw driver.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
I believe that's what I bought for my mother's comp to replace one of 
those Linksys WPC wireless bridges.  I could snatch it for short testing 
if it were needed.  It's USB right?

James

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