James Cornell ??: > Michael Li wrote: >> Michael Li ??: >>> James Cornell wrote: >>> >>>> taoww wutao wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi,James >>>>> More infomation are attached. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Tao >>>>> --- James Cornell <sparcdr at sparcdr.com> 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! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This message posted from opensolaris.org >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> laptop-discuss mailing list >>>>>>> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>>>>> >>>>>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> laptop-discuss mailing list >>> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> >> 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 > Actually, it is a 32bit Cardbus adapter, not USB adapter.
- Michael
