Re: [9fans] wireless support

Re: [9fans] wireless support

[rsc]

> I took him to mean a pccard with an appropriate bridge on a
> full-size PCI card.  Cards like that are sometimes sold with
> wireless cards for desktop PCs or separately with a pair of
> slots that can be mounted in a 5 1/4" drive bay.  In those
> cases, it is a question of what chipset is being used for the
> cardbus controller on the pci card.

so did i.  but since pccard controllers in laptops are just
pci devices too, my point was that perhaps the big plug-in
pci cards looked, at a driver level, no different than the
pci controllers on laptops.  that is, perhaps devpccard
would just work.  i know, i know, i shouldn't be hoping
for sanity in the world of pc hardware.

unfortunately, it turns out that this particular one is a
plx pci9052, which is proprietary and likely doesn't just work
with devpccard.  (pb says the linux guys are all complaining
that they can't get it to work.)

russ

Re: [9fans] wireless support

[Carter Buck]

What is the problem encountered with the PCI9052?

Carter Buck
Applications Engineer
PLX Technology

rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote in message news:<6e7da7c6e4c123b746abee00765078e6@plan9.bell-labs.com>...
>
> unfortunately, it turns out that this particular one is a
> plx pci9052, which is proprietary and likely doesn't just work
> with devpccard.  (pb says the linux guys are all complaining
> that they can't get it to work.)
>
> russ

Re: [9fans] wireless support

[peter huang]

I think russ is right.  the plx pci9052 is proprietary and linux folks has a
difficult time to get it work.  However, if one get a regular pccard bridge,
will that work?   If the pccard solution is not achievable, how about
support USB wireless adapeter?  I know USB support has been shaky, however,
these hardware are getting cheaper and more flexible than hard wire
solution.  For people don't have the extra room to house systems (as in Bay
Area, California ;-) it is quite attractive.

-peter huang

Re: [9fans] wireless support

[Carter Buck]

You might take a look at porting our Linux drivers (for our PCI interface
chips) included in our SDK-PRO.  Our website lists version 3.4, but the
Linux drivers and APIs have been completely re-written for our version 3.5
which is available now.

Best regards,

Carter Buck
PLX Technology, Inc.
<http://www.plxtech.com>

At 06:38 AM 6/6/02, Peter Bosch wrote:
>My apologies, it seems you're right -- I must have read the wrong batch of
>reports.  How difficult do you reckon it would be to write a driver for Plan9?
>
>Best regards,
>
>Peter Bosch.

Re: [9fans] wireless support

[Peter Bosch]

My apologies, it seems you're right -- I must have read the wrong batch of
reports.  How difficult do you reckon it would be to write a driver for Plan9?

Best regards,

Peter Bosch.

Re: [9fans] wireless support

[Russ Cox]

> What is the problem encountered with the PCI9052?

i don't know any details.  pb looked at the linux mailing
lists/news groups and saw that the pccard/pcmcia guys
were all complaining about not being able to get the
pci9052 to work.  if the linux army can't get it working,
we're more wary of trying ourselves.

Re: [9fans] wireless support

[Carter Buck]

Our Linux drivers for the PCI9052 work fine.

Carter Buck
PLX Technology, Inc.

rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com (Russ Cox) wrote in message news:<cea796ad426604f9f88ea52694d80bc4@plan9.bell-labs.com>...
> > What is the problem encountered with the PCI9052?
>
> i don't know any details.  pb looked at the linux mailing
> lists/news groups and saw that the pccard/pcmcia guys
> were all complaining about not being able to get the
> pci9052 to work.  if the linux army can't get it working,
> we're more wary of trying ourselves.

Re: [9fans] wireless support

[rsc]

	I noticed that plan9 has wireless support for wavelan card and Intersil
	prism based PCMCIA card.  Is it possible for linksys pccard (intersil) with
	a PCI adapter work this fashion?  I have a desktop box running plan9.  I
	like to try it with wireless card so I don't have to run some wire..

depends on whether we recognize the pci adapter.
as long as we recognize the pci adapter correctly,
the wavelan driver should handle that card fine.
that was the card i tested with.

i don't know whether pci adapters look the same,
at the driver level, as pccard controllers in laptops or not.

pb?

russ

Re: [9fans] wireless support

[William Josephson]

On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 09:23:51AM -0400, rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote:
> depends on whether we recognize the pci adapter.
> as long as we recognize the pci adapter correctly,
> the wavelan driver should handle that card fine.
> that was the card i tested with.
>
> i don't know whether pci adapters look the same,
> at the driver level, as pccard controllers in laptops or not.

I took him to mean a pccard with an appropriate bridge on a
full-size PCI card.  Cards like that are sometimes sold with
wireless cards for desktop PCs or separately with a pair of
slots that can be mounted in a 5 1/4" drive bay.  In those
cases, it is a question of what chipset is being used for the
cardbus controller on the pci card.  I'm pretty sure others
have used such cards successfully with Plan 9 given the right
chipset.

[9fans] wireless support

[peter huang]

I noticed that plan9 has wireless support for wavelan card and Intersil
prism based PCMCIA card.  Is it possible for linksys pccard (intersil) with
a PCI adapter work this fashion?  I have a desktop box running plan9.  I
like to try it with wireless card so I don't have to run some wire..

thanks
peter huang