[Linux-wlan-ng-devel] linux-wlan-ng 0.2.2-2 on powerpc

[Victor Seva]

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Hi Vivenzio,

I have the same problem with the same usb nic on my ibook g4 ;) . So I made a newer 0.2.2-3 version
[0] with firmware files, prism2dl, and wlan.agent on it.

But this version will not be official until we got an answer from upstream's author about firmware
licence.

Please test it, but I think it works ( I am now sending this mail with my DWL-122 usb nic ; )

Thanks for your feedback

Vivenzio Pagliari wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> today I installed your latest packages on my ibook g4 (powerpc),
> in order to use my DLink DWL-122 USB NIC.
> 
> More exactly, I installed:
> 
> linux-wlan-ng                          0.2.2-2 utilities for wireless prism2 cards
> linux-wlan-ng-doc                      0.2.2-2 documentation for wlan-ng
> linux-wlan-ng-modules-2.6.12-1-powerpc 0.2.2-2 drivers for wireless prism2 cards
> linux-wlan-ng-source                   0.2.2-2 linux-wlan-ng driver
> 
> Until now, I used self compiled driver + utilities. But now,
> I wanted to try out the packages provided by you.
> 
> However, there seem to be some missing pieces:
> 1. None of the packages contain any firmware data. Is this
>    because of licensing issues? If yes, why is the firmware then
>    contained in the source package? (Or at least, I guess they
>    are contained there in some form [.hex files in src/prism2].)
>    (I've copied them manually from my self-compiled stuff to /etc/wlan,
>    where prism2dl expects them.)
> 
> 2. None of the packages contains the prism2dl executable. (I had
>    it left from my self-compiled source, so I used that one.)
> 
> 3. The firmware loading is triggered via the hotplug mechanism
>    with the wlan.agent script in /etc/hotplug. This script is contained
>    in the linux-wlan-ng source, but was not contained in any
>    of the binary packages. (I copied this file manually from the sources
>    to /etc/hotplug.)
> 
> With these adaptions, I made my USB NIC work. Is it possible that
> all this missing stuff is done by the packages automagically?
> 
> Vivenzio
> 
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