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Old 01-25-2007, 10:33 PM   #1
dohpaz
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zd1201 usb wnic firmware install


I have this little black usb ethernet adapter that uses the zd1202 chipset. I recompiled my kernel to support it and it says in the help file in menuconfig I need to install the latest firmware. The tar file I downloaded has 3 files:

zd1201.fw zd1201-ap.fw

and a makefile:

Code:
FIRMWARE=zd1201.fw zd1201-ap.fw

INSTALL = cp -p -f

default: install

install:
        @echo -n "  INSTALL" ${FIRMWARE}
        @test -d /etc/firmware \
         && $(INSTALL) ${FIRMWARE} /etc/firmware \
         && echo " =>" /etc/firmware/ \
         || test -d /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware \
         && $(INSTALL) ${FIRMWARE} /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware \
         && echo " =>" /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ \
         || ( echo && echo "Failed:  No firmware directory found" && false )
typing "make" as root is supposed to install the firmware.

Problem is I don't have the /usr/lib/hotplug or the /etc/firmware
directories on my system. I thought about creating them manually and copying the .fw files over but that doesn't work. What would the equivalent directory on a slackware 11 system be?
 
Old 01-25-2007, 11:26 PM   #2
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After snooping around for a bit I found a /lib/firmware directory and decided to try copying the firmware files there.
Yup it works. Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!

Last edited by dohpaz; 01-26-2007 at 10:59 PM.
 
  


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