[zd1211-devs] Retail Plus USB Wifi on the Zaurus

[Montana Q. <mon...@gm...>]

Hello,

First off, thanks for the work put into this driver. I'm sure it
wasn't a walk in the park.

As per the Subject line I'm trying to get a USB Wifi device working on
the Sharp Zaurus (a Linux sub-sub-laptop).

I started a thread on the OESF forum, if you want to read it first:
http://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=25125

Someone who has the kernel source and a compile environment was kind
enough to compile the driver for me.
I'm running a 2.6.16 kernel with the pdaXrom R198 distro. Because it
no 2.6.18 or better he had to compile the one that was not supported.
:(

I've installed the kernel module and according to dmesg it looks like
it loads OK:
usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

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ZD1211B - version 2.22.0.0-development
vendor_id = 0ace
product_id = 1215
USB 1.1 Host
Release Ver = 4810
EEPORM Ver = 4810
Finsih download Firmware. Ready to reboot
PA type: 0
PHYNEWLayout = 1
Airoha AL2230S_RF
OverWrite CR47 = 0x1C
zd1205_config: EEP(HWFeature)=0x580
AllowedChannel = 000107ff
Region:16
usbcore: registered new driver zd1211b

I've typed the following, but it still just keeps blinking and never
connects to the AP:
modprobe -v zd1211b
ifconfig eth0 up
iwconfig eth0 rate 2000kb
iwconfig eth0 channel 11
iwconfig eth0 essid linksys
iwpriv eth0 set_mac_mode 3
iwconfig eth0 mode 2

(I read that I can't changed the channel while in managed mode... why is that?)

if I try and run "dhcpd eth0", it blinks for a bit and then seems to
down the eth0 device

If I look at dmesg after I've tried connecting to an AP it starts out by saying:
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
Wait too long to start scanning

then is says a lot of:
ZD1211_TX_BUSY is locked over 5 seconds
jiffies = 1817302, lastSetBusy = 1815785, HZ=100
(the above two lines repeat many times with only the jiffies and
lastSetBusy numbers changing)

then near the bottom I get (FYI, might have been around when I
unplugged the device):
macp is NULL or macp.flags.ZD1211_RUNNING
Wait too long to start scanning
soc: WM8750 <-> pxa2xx-i2s info
soc: rate mask 0x6fe
soc: min ch 2 max ch 2
soc: min rate 8000 max 96000
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
Call StartSTA(IBSS or AP)

Any advice would be appreciated!