Debian Bug report logs - #505143
zd1211rw: RF MAXIM_NEW_RF 0x8 is not supported

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jelle de Jong <jelledejong@powercraft.nl>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: zd1211-firmware: pluscom wu-zd1211b, firmware not working (RF MAXIM_NEW_RF 0x8 is not supported)

Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:58:42 +0100

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:

Thanks in advance,

Jelle

[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

zd1211-firmware depends on no packages.

zd1211-firmware recommends no packages.

Versions of packages zd1211-firmware suggests:
pn  zd1211-module                 <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 505143@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Geoff Simmons <gsimmons@gsimmons.org>

To: 505143@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: zd1211-firmware: pluscom wu-zd1211b, firmware not working (RF MAXIM_NEW_RF 0x8 is not supported)

Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:50:20 +1000

Hi,

On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 08:58:42PM +0100, Jelle de Jong wrote:
> I bought bunch of wireless dongles with a zd1211b chipset, but they don't
> work (yet).
[snip]
> [38535.340746] zd1211rw 5-3.1:1.0: RF MAXIM_NEW_RF 0x8 is not supported

A similar device - the TP-LINK TL-WN322G (0ace:1215) - also fails a firmware
upload in the same way on Lenny/2.6.26.

A patch[1] for the zd1211rw driver ("treat MAXIM_NEW_RF(0x08) as
UW2453_RF(0x09) for TP-Link WN322/422G") was posted on the linux-wireless
mailing list in Feburary.  This has since been included in mainline[2].

With the new RF type defined, the zd1211rw driver is able to successfully
upload firmware to the TL-WN322G.  This was tested using a Debian 2.6.29 kernel
image.

It is highly likely that Pluscom WU-ZD1211B devices will now operate as
expected.

Geoff

[1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=123379090904294&w=2
[2] http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.18

Message #15 received at 505143@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Christian Kastner <debian@kvr.at>

To: 505143@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Fwd: zd1211-firmware: pluscom wu-zd1211b, firmware not working (RF MAXIM_NEW_RF 0x8 is not supported)

Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:42:35 +0100

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

Message #20 received at 505143@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jelle de Jong <jelledejong@powercraft.nl>

To: Christian Kastner <debian@kvr.at>

Cc: 505143@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: zd1211-firmware: pluscom wu-zd1211b, firmware not working (RF MAXIM_NEW_RF 0x8 is not supported)

Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:16:34 +0100

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Hi Christian,

Christian Kastner wrote, on 20-03-10 03:53:
> 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?

I tested the device and it seems to be working. See the attached
document for more information.

Thank you,

Kind regards,

Jelle de Jong

[debian-bug-505143.txt (text/plain, inline)]

$ uname -a
Linux mini01 2.6.30-2-686 #1 SMP Fri Dec 4 00:53:20 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

$ cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-686 root=UUID=7234a43e-c3d9-41e3-8cc6-837d36da273e ro rootfstype=ext4 ipv6.disable=1 quiet

$ cat /var/log/kern.log
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6422.832151] usb 1-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6422.965893] usb 1-7: New USB device found, idVendor=0ace, idProduct=1215
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6422.965907] usb 1-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=0
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6422.965917] usb 1-7: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6422.965924] usb 1-7: Manufacturer: ZyDAS
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6422.966165] usb 1-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.089165] cfg80211: Using static regulatory domain info
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.089171] cfg80211: Regulatory domain: US
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.089176]   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.089182]   (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2700 mBm)
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.089188]   (5170000 KHz - 5190000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.089194]   (5190000 KHz - 5210000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.089200]   (5210000 KHz - 5230000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.089206]   (5230000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.089212]   (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 3000 mBm)
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.089228] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.245080] usb 1-7: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.422783] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel'
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.424221] zd1211rw 1-7:1.0: phy0
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.424316] usbcore: registered new interface driver zd1211rw
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.587654] udev: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlan3
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.596453] usb 1-7: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_ub
Mar 20 12:00:01 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.639832] usb 1-7: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_uphr
Mar 20 12:00:02 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.866008] zd1211rw 1-7:1.0: firmware version 4725
Mar 20 12:00:02 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.910913] zd1211rw 1-7:1.0: zd1211b chip 0ace:1215 v4810 high 00-1a-ee MAXIM_NEW_RF pa0 -7---
Mar 20 12:00:02 mini01 kernel: [ 6423.913977] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: DE

$ cat /var/log/kern.log
Mar 20 12:13:38 mini01 kernel: [  160.688095] usb 1-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Mar 20 12:13:39 mini01 kernel: [  160.821576] usb 1-7: New USB device found, idVendor=0ace, idProduct=1215
Mar 20 12:13:39 mini01 kernel: [  160.821590] usb 1-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=0
Mar 20 12:13:39 mini01 kernel: [  160.821600] usb 1-7: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
Mar 20 12:13:39 mini01 kernel: [  160.821607] usb 1-7: Manufacturer: ZyDAS
Mar 20 12:13:39 mini01 kernel: [  160.821908] usb 1-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Mar 20 12:13:39 mini01 kernel: [  160.936073] usb 1-7: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Mar 20 12:13:39 mini01 kernel: [  161.070804] phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel'
Mar 20 12:13:39 mini01 kernel: [  161.072155] zd1211rw 1-7:1.0: phy1
Mar 20 12:13:39 mini01 kernel: [  161.127201] udev: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlan3
Mar 20 12:13:39 mini01 kernel: [  161.144202] usb 1-7: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_ub
Mar 20 12:13:39 mini01 kernel: [  161.182605] usb 1-7: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_uphr
Mar 20 12:13:39 mini01 kernel: [  161.338334] zd1211rw 1-7:1.0: firmware version 4725
Mar 20 12:13:39 mini01 kernel: [  161.378365] zd1211rw 1-7:1.0: zd1211b chip 0ace:1215 v4810 high 00-1a-ee MAXIM_NEW_RF pa0 -7---
Mar 20 12:13:39 mini01 kernel: [  161.381990] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: DE
Mar 20 12:13:51 mini01 kernel: [  173.315246] wlan3: authenticate with AP 00:90:4c:91:00:01
Mar 20 12:13:51 mini01 kernel: [  173.316500] wlan3: authenticated
Mar 20 12:13:51 mini01 kernel: [  173.316511] wlan3: associate with AP 00:90:4c:91:00:01
Mar 20 12:13:51 mini01 kernel: [  173.318087] wlan3: RX AssocResp from 00:90:4c:91:00:01 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
Mar 20 12:13:51 mini01 kernel: [  173.318097] wlan3: associated

Message #25 received at 505143@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Christian Kastner <debian@kvr.at>

To: 505143@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#505143: zd1211-firmware: pluscom wu-zd1211b, firmware not working (RF MAXIM_NEW_RF 0x8 is not supported)

Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:45:43 +0100

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reassign 505143 linux-2.6
retitle 505143 zd1211rw: RF MAXIM_NEW_RF 0x8 is not supported
found 2.6.26-21
notfound 2.6.29-1
thanks

Jelle de Jong wrote:
> Christian Kastner wrote, on 20-03-10 03:53:
>> 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?
> 
> I tested the device and it seems to be working. See the attached
> document for more information.

This bug was caused by the in-kernel driver zd1211rw, not by the
firmware it requires.

This is fixed in newer kernels, therefore this bug can be closed.

Regards,
Christian
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Message #36 received at 505143-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>

To: Jelle de Jong <jelledejong@powercraft.nl>

Cc: Christian Kastner <debian@kvr.at>, 505143-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: zd1211-firmware: pluscom wu-zd1211b, firmware not working (RF MAXIM_NEW_RF 0x8 is not supported)

Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 14:45:12 +0200

Version: 2.6.30-1

On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 12:16:34PM +0100, Jelle de Jong wrote:
> Hi Christian,
> 
> Christian Kastner wrote, on 20-03-10 03:53:
> > 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?
> 
> I tested the device and it seems to be working. See the attached
> document for more information.

Thanks for the feedback, marking 2.6.30 as fixed.

Cheers,
        Moritz

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