zyd (zd1211b) driver on SPARC64

Greetings.

I was testing a zd1211b usb key on SPARC64 (SunBlade 100) and run into a 
peculiar error. The interface come up ok, but when the dhclient is 
called, it tries several time with different waiting times and then 
gives up. When I look in the access point logs it sends the OFFER to the 
key, but newer gets a reply. Putting a static IP does not connect 
machine to the network either.
The same installation can connect using an rt73 (rum) device, both DHCP 
and static, an a laptop put on top of the SunBalde connects to the AP 
with the zd1211b w/o problems. The Sun has a fresh install of a snapshot 
of 4.6-current dated 17 of September.
Has anybody managed to make zyd work on SPARC64?

And a somewhat related question. During the installation I chose not to 
configure any network interfaces, bus still gave the machine a dummy 
name. This name was not added to the hosts files, which in turn 
prevented X from starting. Is this a desired behaviour of the new installer?

Regards,

Pavel Dobrokhotov