[need help] intel Centrino Wireless N + WiMAX 6150

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On Wed, 2012-12-12 at 20:16 -0300, Silvio Quadri wrote:
> 2012/12/12 Silvio Quadri <silvioq at gmail.com>:
> > 2012/12/12 Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com>:
> >> On Wed, 2012-12-12 at 09:28 -0300, Silvio Quadri wrote:
> >>> 2012/12/12  <hypnos75 at gmail.com>:
> >>> > On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:55:07 -0300
> >>> > Silvio Quadri <silvioq at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> >> Now, the device is detected on boot, but the message is the same ...
> >>> >> Complete dmesg at http://pastebin.com/hgf2fuXm
> >>> >> (usb errors at line 728)
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > The following line suggests it's not just a matter of a missing device
> >>> > ID, but that the driver doesn't support your device:
> >>> >
> >>> > [   12.960534] i2400m_usb 1-5:1.0: device boot: tried all the
> >>> > echo/acks, could not get device to respond; giving up
> >>> >
> >>> > It could just be a matter of adding the appropriate wakeup command for
> >>> > your device, but more likely other things will have to be tweaked as
> >>> > well for the device to function.
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > Sorry,
> >>> >
> >>> > H7
> >>>
> >>> Hypnos, Dan, thanks for your help!
> >>> Maybe with reverse engineering I can wakeup the device? I'm not an
> >>> expert, but I'm reading Argentinian blogs and there are people trying
> >>> to make to work this device (120.000 childrens in metropolitan area
> >>> must boot in Win7 for connect to internet).
> >>
> >> Can you get access to the WiFi/WiMAX card itself and tell me the model
> >> number?  Is it anything like "612BNXHMW", eg:
> >>
> >> http://i.ebayimg.com/t/INTEL-6150-WIRELESS-ADVANCED-N-WIMAX-HALF-MINI-HEIGHT-CARD-MINICARD-612BNXHMW-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$(KGrHqZHJCIE8mU5sorBBPPbodBNRQ~~60_57.JPG
> >>
> >> Dan
> >>
> >
> > Maybe 612BNXHMWG ?
> > Tonight I can open one and take a picture.
> >
> >
> 
> Picture at https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2lbUb7QZtGpamV1OGY4VWRZZ1k
> The code is 612BNXHMW (without G) as you say.

Thanks; I just got my 6150 in the mail today, and it does work with the
existing drivers if you add the device IDs to the right places.  I've
posted a patch to the kernel netdev mailing list, also attached here.
It worked for me.

Dan

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