New Socket CF Wifi card not recognized

[zaai]

Hi all, it seems that Socket has newer CF wifi card models that are not recognized on the zaurus   :cry:  Mine has part nr 00212A

cardctl ident reports
---
Socket 0:
  product info: \"Socket\", \"CF+ LP WLAN Card Rev B\", \"\", \"\"
  manfid: 0x0156, 0x0003
  function: 6 (network)
---
Isn\'t that manfid the same as the orinoco gold pcmcia card  :?:

I added the card to spectrum.conf and after a reboot it is detected correctly.
Sofar the good news. The old socket driver doesn\'t know what to do with it.

Edit: I changed the hermes.conf file to use orinoco_cs, like this:
card \"CF+ LP WLAN Card Rev B\"
  manfid 0x0156,0x0003
  bind \"orinoco_cs\"

This seems to have a little more success than the spectrum drivers.
dmesg now reports:
---
orinoco.c 0.13e (David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au> and others)
orinoco_cs.c 0.13e (David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au> and others)
eth0: Station identity 0015:0002:0001:000a
eth0: Looks like an Intersil firmware version 1.10.2
eth0: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
eth0: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
eth0: WEP supported, 104-bit key
eth0: failed to read MAC address!
orinoco_cs: register_netdev() failed
---

It seems the driver can talk to the card, except for getting the MAC address. I don\'t know what the last error means.

Any ideas?

[dmilligan]

The last error regarding registering the device is probably due to the failed MAC address read - without a valid MAC address,  it probably cant register properly.  I dont have the same card so cannot really help more than that.  I am using the spectrum drivers on an older card.

-Dan

[Synfin0]

manfid on my avaya silver and on orinoco gold is 0x0156, 0x0002

For my \"Socket\" \"CF+ LP WLAN Card Rev A,\" \"1.00\" the manfid is \"0x0104, 0x0001\"

[zaai]

The last error regarding registering the device is probably due to the failed MAC address read - without a valid MAC address,  it probably cant register properly. 

Yup, looks like it. If that would be the only problem it might be worth looking into it further with a debugger and updating the wlag drivers to support this card. However, I fear this is just one of the many problems that will come up and I don\'t have the tools and info needed to figure them out.

[marcvader]

I\'m having the exact same problem, a socket wlan cf card Rev B with the agere chipset.
If anyone knows how to make this work, please post!!

Thank\'s

[zaai]

Well I found one solution. Complained, in a friendly way, at Socket that they should really be more clear with their model numbers and the supported platforms. I got an MRA and returned the card. Received the old model today and it works like a charm. Good signal and low power.

[gmaxwell]

Bah. Someone recommended I get a socket card.. Well, I was a moron and did..
It\'s a rev B... I really don\'t want to go through the trouble of sending it back...

I found what I\'m pretty sure is the correct driver for the chipset, but I have no clue how to crosscompile for my 5500 running OZ 3.3.6-pre1.

Anyone want to give it a crack?
http://www.greenblaze.com/proxim.html

Thanks.