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WiFi Driver for Marvell Libertas 8335/8310 802.11b/g Chipset (malo)

The current version is 0.3

This driver is based on the source code from OpenBSD, and is provided under the same BSD-type License.

Links

• malo-0.3 source code
• malo 0.2 Source code
• malo 0.1 Source code

Notes

• malo-0.3 was released for OpenSolaris 0906 release, it works for build_111+. (For more information, please check README.TXT in the tarball)
• Both malo0.1 and malo0.2 can only work under OpenSolaris build 54 – build 99.
• malo-0.2 supports wpa.
• Marvell Libertas 8335/8310 chipsets based Cardbus/PCI adapters. PCI ID "11ab,1faa" or "11ab,1fab"

  Vendor	model	PCI ID	interface
  Netgear	WG511v2	11ab,1faa	PCI Card Adapter
  Netgear	WG311v3	11ab,1faa	PCI Adapter
  Tenda	TWL542P	11ab,1faa	PCI Adapter

• Note that only above adapters have been verified.

How to use

# wget http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/downloads/malo-0.1.tar.gz 
# gzip -cd malo-0.1.tar.gz | tar xvf -
# cd malo-0.1
# follow README.TXT to download firmware, compile/install modules

If you don't use WEP and want to connect to whatever WLAN available, then all that's left to do is as following:

# ifconfig malo0 plumb
# dladm connect-wifi malo0
# ifconfig malo0 dhcp

If your WLAN requires WEP authorization, please refer to manpage for wificonfig(1M) or dladm(1M):

Notes

This is work in progress. Please send your questions and comments laptop-discuss@opensolaris.org discussion forum.