2008/3/5, Jerry Quinn <jlquinn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi. I just downloaded the wireless compat package (2008-03-04) to try > out ath5k on my thinkpad T60p. I'm running Debian testing with the > Debian 2.6.22 kernel with uname > Linux naga 2.6.22-3-686 #1 SMP Mon Nov 12 08:32:57 UTC 2007 i686 > GNU/Linux > > When I try to load ath5k, I get the following kernel output: > > Mar 5 00:03:42 naga kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.0 (0000 -> > 0002) > Mar 5 00:03:42 naga kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI > 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 21 > Mar 5 00:03:42 naga kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device > 0000:03:00.0 to 64 > Mar 5 00:03:42 naga kernel: ath5k_pci 0000:03:00.0: registered as 'phy1' > Mar 5 00:03:43 naga kernel: ath5k phy1: failed to wakeup the MAC Chip > Mar 5 00:03:43 naga kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:03:00.0 > disabled > Mar 5 00:03:43 naga kernel: ath5k_pci: probe of 0000:03:00.0 failed > with error -5 > > > lspci -vnn gives this for the wireless device: > > 03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 > 802.11abg NIC [168c:1014] (rev 01) > Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter > (AR5BXB6) [1014:058a] > Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 21 > Memory at edf00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] > Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 > Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- > Queue=0/0 Enable- > Capabilities: [60] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00 > Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable- Mask- TabSize=1 > Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?> > Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?> > Kernel modules: ath5k > > I know the driver is still under development, but thought it might work > since 168c:0014 is listed as likely working. > > > Thanks, > Jerry Quinn > > </div> > Yup, it's a known problem with pci-e cards (at least we think it's for all pci-e cards for now, we are sure it affects 2424/5424 and 2425). It's being fixed so expect a patch on wireless-testing soon. Have in mind that your card is not a 5212 (else your card should work), newer thinkpads have a 5424 card but for some reason IBM uses the same pci id. -- GPG ID: 0xD21DB2DB As you read this post global entropy rises. Have Fun ;-) Nick -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
