[Prism54-devel] Wireless USB Linksys WUSB54G

[bse]

Hi!

I asked NetChip if they could release the linux driver source code.
Here's the answer, hope it helps you...

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> The WLAN adapters using the Net2280 fall into two general groups:  one
> group uses the RNDIS USB Class driver.  I would assume that it's not a
> significant problem to get a driver for one of these adapters to
> linux.
> I think I saw something recently about RNDIS support in linux.  If
> not,
> at least the specification is public, so it would be reasonable to
> start work on a driver.
> 
> The second group is more difficult.  These are proprietary systems
> using device-to-host communication schemes (and therefore host-side
> drivers) that are vendor-specific.  We (NetChip) don't know what those
> vendor-specific communication schemes are, so I'm afraid we can't be
> of any help to get the linux driver working.
> 
> You may download our data sheet for the Net2280 from the Literature
> Library section of our website, but that only helps for the
> Net2280/USB
> part of the WLAN adapter.  The real work is being done by the
> WLAN/radio interface, which we don't work with or understand.
> 
> I'm sorry we can't be more helpful.  I would also like to see linux
> support for these adapters.
> 
> Regards,
> 
>                                                             reid


On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 06:08, Teunis Peters wrote:
> I've been playing around with writing a driver for this model.
> At this point I've got it loading/unloading and successfully registering
> itself to the USB ID for the device.  Nothing else yet...  I've got to
> write comm stuff still..
> 
> Any suggestions, ideas?  I'm basing the driver on the prism54 devel but
> due to different communications methods (no memory mapping, DMA, or IRQ
> really) communicating is /different/.   Well at first glimpse anyways -
> I've written video drivers before but not USB ones *g*.