On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 16:44 +0200, KH KH wrote: > 2007/4/9, Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 15:58 +0200, KH KH wrote: > > > 2007/4/9, Rafael Espíndola <rafael.espindola@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > > I am having problems with the rt2x00 driver present in the kernel > > > > 3045. I have an usb device (Belink f5d7050, fcc id: k7s-f5d7050b). > > > > > > > > When I plug the device the driver loads correctly: > > > > > > > > usb 5-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7 > > > > usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > > > > Loading module: rt2x00lib - CVS (N/A) by http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com. > > > > Loading module: rt73usb - CVS (N/A) by http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com. > > > > usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb > > > > Loading module: rt2500usb - CVS (N/A) by http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com. > > > > usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2500usb > > > > wmaster0: Selected rate control algorithm 'simple' > > > Ralink usb devices can use rt2500usb or rt73usb (you "may" need to > > > uses rt71w-firmware currently in review with the second case!). The > > > first step should be to blacklist one or the other doing: echo > > > "blacklist rt2500usb" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist > > > > iwlist works despite the warning: > > > > > > > > iwlist wlan0 scan > > > Same result with my rt2500pci, the problem is association is failling. > > > Sometime you can have better result using rausb0 or ra0 aliases... > > > (this has been rapported sometime - not my own experience...) > > > > Warning: Driver for device wlan0 has been compiled with version 22 > > > > of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 20. > > > > Some things may be broken... > > > Same warning! But since this may prevent to associate correctly with > > > Ralink's devices we should consider this as a bug! > > > > I have the latest wireless-tools installed. Should I recompile it? > > > The Wireless-tools from devel is tha same version as Fedora Core 6, > > > this is a problem because this site: > > > http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html#latest > > > do not mention WE-22 but beta WE-21, and i down't know where can i > > > find tools that supports WE-22 (any link or references?) > > > > The problem starts when running wpa_suppilcant: > > > > > > > > /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -D wext -c /et plicant/wpa_supplicant.conf > > > > ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: Device or resource busy > > > > Could not configure driver to use managed mode > > > > ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported > > > > WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not support > > > > > > > > Does someone knows what is wrong? What version of rt2x00 is included > > > > in the kernel? Do think I should compile a new version? Should I add > > > > the dscape patch to wpa_supplicant? According to the rt2x00 site newer > > > > versions should work with the wext driver... > > > This implies that wpa-supplicant may be updated, i'm only working on > > > hostapd for now and i didn't received answears for this bug, > > > requesting it: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/230857 > > > > Updated. We shouldn't be adding new drivers to wpa_supplicant, but > > fixing the kernel drivers to correctly implement WEXT. > > > > mac80211 doesn't work well enough with WEXT yet, but work is ongoing in > > that area. mac80211 is still an experimental stack and in no way > > 'stable'. You may experience problems while using it with tools other > > than 'iwconfig', or even with 'iwconfig'. > > > > Dan > Thx for this tips Dan i will work this way with hostapd next week... > but now how WE-22 can be implemented if wireless-tools isn't rebuilt for fc7? > ftp://*/core/development/i386/os/Fedora/wireless-tools-28-1.fc6.i386.rpm > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/234725 ? The version of WE doesn't matter as long as it's > 19. dan > I suppose the same problem will occurs as Fedora Core 5 had when WE > were updated inside the kernel. it was so difficult to update > Wireless-tools because it was required by > most of the packages involved in wireless (NetworkManager and so many others...) > > Why wireless-tools cannot be build against new kernel (and WE-22 ?) > > Nicolas (kwizart) > > > > This was before the 80211 stack named change (from d80211 to mac80211 ). > > > But since i didn't recevied any answear may we consider this package > > > as orphaned ?! > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rafael > > > > > > Rafael if you could test hostapd it would help, but for now the > > > package isn't ready for inclusion in my view (mostly because of > > > headers not in kernel)... > > > I will try to work on wpa_supplicant update unless someone take it... > > > > > > Also i've read some link from ivd the main dev for rt2x00 who said > > > that rt2x00 do not seems to be ready for 2.6.21. But solving all > > > theses issues may help to have working wireless mac80211 devices "out > > > of the box" (dreams) > > > > > > Nicolas (kwizart) > > > http://kwizart.free.fr/blog > > > > > > Some references : > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/230731 > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/230449 > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/230164 > > > > > > I was working on legacies version for some time now but they are going > > > more bad each day...The paradox is that thoses devices are privilegied > > > by FSF because of legal conformity with GPL... > > > > > > > -- > > fedora-devel-list mailing list > > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > > > -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
