Hi, Cozybit has been working on new thinmac firmware for the Libertas chip that allows use of the chip in hostmode and I've built it against our Joyride kernels so that others can play around with it and provide feedback.
You will need to do the following: Install a recent joyrid. Latest is best and as of 2239, the kernel include network bridging enabled as a module, which is useful for WiFi <-> Wired Download libertastf and helper modules from http://dev.laptop.org/~dsaxena/libertastf_modules/ and copy these on the XO to /root/libertastf On the XO (mostly copied from wiki:Libertas_Thinfirmware_HOWTO): # cd /lib/firmware # wget http://dev.laptop.org/pub/firmware/libertas/thinfirm/lbtf_usb-5.132.2.p3.bin # ln -s lbtf_usb-5.132.2.p3.bin lbtf_usb.bin # rmmod usb8xxx # rmmod libertastf # cd /root/libertastf # insmod cfg80211.ko # insmod mac80211.ko # insmod libertastf.ko # insmod libertastf_usb.ko # ifconfig wlan0 up At this point network manager should take over and associate with your network of choice. Note that suspend/resume does not work with the thinmac driver and if you do suspend/resume, you will need to rmmod the libertas_usb driver and then reload it. To use the XO as an AP (I haven't tested this yet), see wiki:XO_as_AP. If you want to just boot to the libertastf driver by default, you can do: # mv /root/libertastf /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless # mv /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/libertas /root # depmod -a On reboot, the libertastf driver will load and manage the card. To return to previous state of using the fullmac driver: # mv /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/libertastf /root # mv /root/libertas /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless # depmod -a I know this is not the most user-friendly method of using the driver but should let folks play with it until I figure out a better way to package it. The issue is that the driver requires the latest mac80211 codebase and backporting this to our 2.6.25 kernel turned out to be a massive nightmare. I ended up using the compat-wireless package [1] to build the lateset 802.11 codebase out-of-tree from our kernel. We need create a separate RPM or a set of scripts that end-users can use to install the drivers on their systems. Enjoy, ~Deepak [1] http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download -- Deepak Saxena - Kernel Developer - [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
