OpenSolaris

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"

• 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 <mailto:laptop-discuss@opensolaris.org> discussion forum.