Bug#573468: zd1211-firmware: pluscom wu-zd1211b, firmware not working (RF MAXIM_NEW_RF 0x8 is not supported)
Hello Jelle,
Jelle de Jong wrote:
> Package: zd1211-firmware
> Version: 2.21.0.0-0.1
> Severity: normal
>
> I bought bunch of wireless dongles with a zd1211b chipset, but they don't work (yet).
>
> Who would be the best person to contact to get support for the device? I hope the debian maintainer can get this report to the right persons to show this.
>
> If there is more information needed then the below please tell me:
>
> [38534.984767] usb 5-3.1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 36
> [38535.083964] usb 5-3.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> [38535.157063] usb 5-3.1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 36
> [38535.257846] phy16: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
> [38535.261616] zd1211rw 5-3.1:1.0: phy16
> [38535.261859] usb 5-3.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0ace, idProduct=1215
> [38535.261869] usb 5-3.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=0
> [38535.261876] usb 5-3.1: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
> [38535.261881] usb 5-3.1: Manufacturer: ZyDAS
> [38535.262006] firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_ub
> [38535.280859] firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_uphr
> [38535.340746] zd1211rw 5-3.1:1.0: RF MAXIM_NEW_RF 0x8 is not supported
> [40703.347091] firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_ub
> [40703.369536] firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_uphr
> [40828.394683] firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_ub
> [40828.410706] firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_uphr
> [40829.472870] usb 5-3.1: USB control request for firmware upload failed. Error number -110
> [40829.472888] usb 5-3.1: Could not upload firmware code uph. Error number -110
> [40829.472969] zd1211rw 5-3.1:1.0: couldn't load firmware. Error number -110
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: lenny/sid
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Geoff seems to have correctly identified the source of this problem.
Would it be possible for you to test one of your dongles with a more
recent kernel - eg from backports.org?
Christian
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