http://linuxwimax.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9 On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 07:46 -0800, Brandon Dell wrote: > My name is Brandon and I am fairly new to driver development. I am > having a tough time getting the default Intel 5350 WiMax driver to > work on my system. I am running Linux 2.6.31.2. > > I first tried using the card in my laptop's mini-PCie slot. The Wifi > portion works great but the WiMax side was dead. Thinking it was > because my internal mini PCIe slot did not support USB I purchased an > external adapter from > HWtools.net(http://hwtools.net/Adapter/USBMA.html) that has been > tested with the > 5350(http://www.bplus.com.tw/PDF/Compatibility_List.pdf) and > supposedly should work. However, I am still getting the following > errors upon connecting the device: > > [ 38.999626] i2400m_usb 8-1:1.0: firmware: requesting > i2400m-fw-usb-1.4.sbcf > [ 39.361610] i2400m_usb 8-1:1.0: boot-mode cmd 2: incomplete transfer > (512 vs 16384 submitted) > [ 39.361746] i2400m_usb 8-1:1.0: fw i2400m-fw-usb-1.4.sbcf: section #1 > (@644 16384 B) failed -5 > [ 39.361865] i2400m_usb 8-1:1.0: fw i2400m-fw-usb-1.4.sbcf: download > failed: -5 > [ 39.361994] i2400m_usb 8-1:1.0: cannot bootstrap device: -5 > [ 39.389521] i2400m_usb 8-1:1.0: cannot setup device: -5 > [ 39.389647] i2400m_usb: probe of 8-1:1.0 failed with error -5 > > I placed the firmware files, i2400m-fw-1.3.sbcf and > i2400m-fw-1.4.sbcf, in my /lib/firmware folder. > > This problem is driving me crazy. I think I have all the hardware I > need to support the card but I have run out of ideas at this point. > Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Brandon > > > _______________________________________________ > wimax mailing list > wimax at linuxwimax.org > http://lists.linuxwimax.org/listinfo/wimax
