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Re: Building zd1211 drivers fore WiFi dongle



On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:41:53 -0700 (PDT)
johncohn <johncohn@us.ibm.com> wrote:

> 
> Note.. I posted this same query in the nabble nslu2-linux forum.
> Someone there suggested I try here as well. tnx
> 
> Folks.
> I'm a total newb in both the debian and slug worlds... but I'm already
> having a blast... and want to get fluent in these things.  Right now
> I'm trying to get a zd1211 based wifi USB dongle working with my slug
> using the instructions here  . I poked around some and learned that
> someone had built the zd1211 drivers in a package called
> zd12111-firmware. When I try to install it I get
> 
> LKG7CD387:~#  apt-get install zd1211-firmware
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Package zd1211-firmware is not available, but is referred to by
> another package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> E: Package zd1211-firmware has no installation candidate
> 
> I looked further and found a package called zd1211-source, which I
> downloaded. From what I can tell, that gave me a file called
> zd1211.tar.bz2 in /usr/src .. Now, I suspect that  most folks know
> what to do with that type of file. I'm sure it's a source tar file of
> some sort, , but I don't yet know how to unpack it,modify it for my
> system config,build it and install the drivers it creates. . Is there
> some sort of 'Building drivers for dummy's' anywhere ? I've searched
> the web and this forum but most of the info assumes more knowledge
> than I have.  I'm eager to learn...but I just need a pointer in the
> right direction. Any help much appreciated ...
> 
> -jc 
HI
I just plugged my USB WiFi dongle in it requires wpa_suppicant as well
as zd1211rw.

That's not on a debian system , but kernel modules stay pretty much the
same across distros

HTH
Richard


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