Hi Paul. Before I add my wish list, I would like to make a couple of comments:
1) David A., and (I think) Steven L. have looked at WiFi support. From what I have heard, porting the linux driver is probably not much different than for wired devices. However, there is a missing link to XWLAN, that needs to be built. That could be a hangup for what you have planned.
2) Because of 1), I will suggest that you start with a couple of wired NICs, to see what they have done.
3) It may be worth while documenting what you do, so others can follow. That would help to take some of the potential demand off of you.
Having said that, these two are wireless:
Rtl 8172 Wlan [10EC:8172]
Vendor 10ECh Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
Device 8172h RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller
Command 0107h (I/O Access, Memory Access, BusMaster, System Errors)
Status 0010h (Has Capabilities List, Fast Timing)
Revision 10h, Header Type 00h, Bus Latency Timer 00h
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
Cache line size 64 Bytes (16 DWords)
PCI Class Network, type Other
Subsystem ID E02010ECh Unknown
Subsystem Vendor 10ECh Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
Address 0 is an I/O Port : 2000h
Address 1 is a Memory Address (0-4GiB) : F2400000h
System IRQ 17, INT# A
New Capabilities List Present:
Power Management Capability, Version 1.2
Supports low power State D1
Supports low power State D2
Supports PME# signalling from mode(s) D0, D1, D2, D3hot
PME# signalling is currently disabled
3.3v AUX Current required : 375 mA
Current Power State : D0 (Device operational, no power saving)
Message Signalled Interrupt Capability
MSI is disabled
MSI function can generate 64-bit addresses
PCI Express Capability, Version 1
Device/Port Type :
Legacy PCI Express Endpoint Device
Device Capabilities :
Unsupported Request Severity is Fatal
Device Status :
Correctable Error Detected
Unsupported Request Detected
Link Capabilities :
Maximum Link speed : 2.5Gb/s
Maximum Link Width : x1
Link Port Number : 0
Link Control :
Common Clock Configuration In Use
Link Status :
Current Link speed : 2.5Gb/s
Current Link Width : x1
Intel Centrino(R) Wireless-N 2200 [8086:0891]
Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
Device 0891h Unknown
Command 0006h (Memory Access, BusMaster)
Status 0010h (Has Capabilities List, Fast Timing)
Revision C4h, Header Type 00h, Bus Latency Timer 00h
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
Cache line size 64 Bytes (16 DWords)
PCI Class Network, type Other
Subsystem ID 42228086h Unknown
Subsystem Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
Address 0 is a Memory Address (64-bit) : F1D00000h
System IRQ 17, INT# A
New Capabilities List Present:
Power Management Capability, Version 1.2
Does not support low power State D1 or D2
Supports PME# signalling from mode(s) D0, D3hot, D3cold
PME# signalling is currently disabled
3.3v AUX Current required : 0 mA (Self powered)
Current Power State : D0 (Device operational, no power saving)
Message Signalled Interrupt Capability
MSI is disabled
MSI function can generate 64-bit addresses
PCI Express Capability, Version 1
Device/Port Type :
PCI Express Endpoint Device
Device Capabilities :
Unsupported Request Severity is Fatal
Device Status :
Correctable Error Detected
Unsupported Request Detected
AUX Power Detected
Link Capabilities :
Maximum Link speed : 2.5Gb/s
Maximum Link Width : x1
Link Port Number : 0
Link Control :
Common Clock Configuration In Use
Link Status :
Current Link speed : 2.5Gb/s
Current Link Width : x1
I have one, or two more, but I will have to dig out the specs.
THANKS!!!
