[zd1211-devs] 0ace:1215 zd1211rw no longer working in 2.6.21

[Jan W. <jw...@cc...>]

Hi,

I've a A-Link WL54USB, it worked just brilliant with SoftMAC and WPA under 
2.6.20, Debian Etch. However in 2.6.21 the zd1211 module now complained 
that AL2230S is not supported -- so somebody for some reason seems to 
have removed AL2230S support when moving to 2.6.21, or otherwise 
0ace:1215 is now incorrectly(?) detected to have an AL2230S.

Next I applied the patches (and checked they were applied ok) 
that are mentioned in
http://www.mail-archive.com/zd1...@li.../msg01099.html
which if I understood right correctly will add AL2230S support and also 
remove the "not currently supported" error.

Well the module loads now ok without the AL2230S not supported error.

But as soon as dhclient tries to get an IP, something causes eth1 to loose 
association (?) with the AP:

dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
kernel: SoftMAC: Open Authentication completed with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16
kernel: SoftMAC: Open Authentication completed with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
kernel: SoftMAC: Open Authentication completed with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18
kernel: SoftMAC: Open Authentication completed with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
...

It did not happen in 2.6.20. Any ideas? I'm not sure whether this is a 
zd1211rw or SoftMAC problem, though 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/103768
might indicate zd1211rw problem.

In /etc/networking/interfaces I already have "iface eth1 inet dhcp".

Thoughts? Solutions? :)

thanks,
  - Jan