Re: [zd1211-devs] Zd1211rw with Sagem

[Hin-Tak L. <ht...@us...>]

The message seems quite clear - missing firmware. Some *cough* zealous *cough* distros ship kernels stripped of binary blobs crucial to the functionality of a device, because it does not fit their ideology of software freedom. Download and install a proper kernel, with all the necessary bits. 


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On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 11:39 AM BST jean delamotte wrote:

>Hi
>I've got a Sagem XG 760A key, with USB ID 079b:004a. I work with debian distrib which include dz1211rw firmware.
> 
>dmesg gives :
>[   73.004126] usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
>[   73.169193] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=079b, idProduct=004a
>[   73.169215] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=0
>[   73.169233] usb 1-1: Product: 802.11b/g USB WLAN
>[   73.169248] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: ZyDAS
>[   73.364855] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
>[   73.628133] usb 1-1: reset full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
>[   73.826845] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
>[   73.829293] zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: phy0
>[   73.830665] usbcore: registered new interface driver zd1211rw
>[  102.543686] 1-1: Missing Free firmware
>[  102.556812] usb 1-1: Could not load firmware file /*(DEBLOBBED)*/ub. Error number -22
>[  102.557112] zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: couldn't load firmware. Error number -22
>[  126.136188] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
>[  166.712126] usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 3 using uhci_hcd
>[  166.877141] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=079b, idProduct=004a
>[  166.877163] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=0
>[  166.877181] usb 1-1: Product: 802.11b/g USB WLAN
>[  166.877197] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: ZyDAS
>[  166.996132] usb 1-1: reset full-speed USB device number 3 using uhci_hcd
>[  167.147677] ieee80211 phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
>[  167.149414] zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: phy1
>[  186.822536] 1-1: Missing Free firmware
>[  186.835359] usb 1-1: Could not load firmware file /*(DEBLOBBED)*/ub. Error number -22
>[  186.835658] zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: couldn't load firmware. Error number -22
>[  231.312413] 1-1: Missing Free firmware
>[  231.325273] usb 1-1: Could not load firmware file /*(DEBLOBBED)*/ub. Error number -22
>[  231.325566] zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: couldn't load firmware. Error number -22
>I don't understand.
> 
>i do that (because file was empty):
># lsusb # modprobe zd1211rw # echo "079b 004a FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF 0 0 0" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/zd1211rw/new_id
>i don't see drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_usb.c file.
>Any idea? Best regards