[Prism54-devel] Re: Prism54 in 2.6.4-bk2

[Feyd]

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 20:30:45 +0100
Johannes Steingraeber <Jo_Stein@web.de> wrote:

> 
> My personal findings (via usbsniff) seem to show that there are a lot
> of things common how the device is handled. I can use isl_38xx.[ch] to
> understand what is going on in USB traffic.
> 
> So sooner or later USB support will be implemented (at least that is
> my hope ;-) and implementation will not be that different from what is
> already there.
> 
> I cannot say if it is realistic to actually write "some USB glue code"
> or if a separate driver is necessary. But if it shall be incorporated
> into the existing driver it's a good idea to have USB in mind when
> thinking about how to restructure the code.

If it is so then probably just the packet transport mechanism for USB
is neccessary.

> 
> I do not agree to the idea that if "manufacturers do not give us any
> doc so we cannot do anything about it".

Good luck ;)

> 
> > And, interestingly enough, the firmware file for eg the Netgear WG121 both
> > in 1.1 and 2.0 winbloze drivers is a 2.4.2.0 version. (build date Oct 2 
> > 20:48:02)
> 
> This is what I have for Medion WLAN USB2.0 Dongle ;-)
> 
> 00000110: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 5665 7273  ............Vers
> 00000120: 696f 6e20 322e 342e 332e 3020 6275 696c  ion 2.4.3.0 buil
> 00000130: 7420 6f6e 2057 6564 204f 6374 2032 3220  t on Wed Oct 22 
> 00000140: 3039 3a35 353a 3434 2043 4553 5420 3230  09:55:44 CEST 20
> 00000150: 3033 2062 7920 696e 6c62 7569 6c64 4074  03 by inlbuild@t
> 00000160: 6978 0000 5041 434b 5041 434b 5041 434b  ix..PACKPACKPACK

So that dongle is "newmac" based, thats not supported even in the PCI yet.
May be you could investigate with the usbsniffer a bit? ;)

Feyd