Bug 183563

Summary:	Request for WINBOND IS89C35 Wireless Linux Driver ebuild
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Sandro Bonazzola (RETIRED) <sanchan>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Default Assignee for New Packages <maintainer-wanted>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	sandro.bonazzola
Priority:	High
Version:	2007.0
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.conitech.it/conitech/ita/risorse.asp?cod=CN402USB
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Sandro Bonazzola (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-06-28 18:38:30 UTC

I have a Conitech Dakota TA USB based upon WINBOND IS89C35 chip.
The drivers are freely available at this address:
http://www.conitech.it/conitech/ita/risorse.asp?cod=CN402USB
It works fine under Fedora 4 i386, kernel 2.6.11, but it seems impossible to have it working under Gentoo with gentoo-sources 2.6.21-r3 x86-64.
It would be wonderfull having it under portage or at least having it working under gentoo systems.

I know that some devel at Red Hat (Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com) and at tuxdriver (John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>) have taken a look at it and maybe can help in having it working.

Conitech may help too <supporto@conitech.it>.

Comment 1 Sandro Bonazzola 2009-01-27 20:01:05 UTC

A new driver for Conitech Dakota TA USB based upon WINBOND IS89C35 is actually in staging for the next kernel release. On Linus' git repository the driver is under  "Device Drivers" -> "Staging drivers" -> "IS89C35 WLAN
USB driver" (CONFIG_W35UND).

The driver is actually under development but I think this bug can be resolved upstream.