1src Forums - bits and bolts wifi stumbler

10-21-2003, 04:08 PM	#1
rojomono Guest Posts: n/a	bits and bolts wifi stumbler i have been corasponding with the fellows at bit's and bolts, and they need some info to make their stumbler compatible with the clie. can any one help them out?? ---- Information on the drivers, how to talk to them, their entry points, their exported function lists, etc. Sony does not provide any of this information, and numerous requests have gone unanswered. ---- thanks guys

10-21-2003, 05:26 PM	#2
Nate1749 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 231	Yea, wouldn't expect Sony to help you out to much. I would post this in the developer section though on this board, someone there might be able to help you out. Good Luck! -Nate

10-23-2003, 12:16 AM	#3
n2ifp Retired Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Manchester, NJ Posts: 12,444	Right, unless Sony has a change of heart, you won't see it. __________________ Cheers! Larry Winward T\|T3 + SE T610 + SE HBH-65 = BT Heaven!

10-26-2003, 02:47 PM	#4
squeff Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Washington, DC Area Posts: 656	I've posted this before, but... A Sony engineer has made it clear that the problem is with the vendor of the card. They neither have contractual permission nor the resources to teach people to write their own low level drivers. And Sony corporate doesn't see the business need. Maybe that'll change, but as long as they keep coming out with models that "trump" what Palm has to offer, they'll keep getting buyers and will see no need to require their vendors to publish their code/APIs. Although Sony was stupid to sign such a contract with their vendor, I think the best route here is for someone to contact the vendor that makes the WL100 and WL110 cards and get on their case. Sorry, I don't know who this is (although I'm told that many have guessed correctly) as Sony is prohibited, by contract, to say.

10-28-2003, 12:46 AM	#5
UI018397 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 336	I think what is needed here is for Sony to release the CF slot API. I don't know about WL110, but WL100 is an Intel 2011B CF card. And one can find 2011B Linux driver easily on the internet. So, what is the missing link? CF slot API! __________________ The koala from down under.

10-28-2003, 08:54 AM

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I think what is needed here is for Sony to release the CF slot API... So, what is the missing link? CF slot API!

I might be missing something.  Given that Eruware and Pelaca have been able to do some work with the CF slot, I'm under the impression that it's not a big secret.  Or, rather, that some have figured it out w/o Sony's help.  But maybe what's needed here is quite different...

10-28-2003, 12:54 PM	#7
Nate1749 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 231	"But maybe what's needed here is quite different..." Like? (ISorry, I'm lost) -Nate