Hello, I am working on a project where I need to be able to modify a wireless adapter's firmware. I'm trying to use the Netgear WN111v2 with the carl9170 driver and firmware. Depending on the configurations I set when building the firmware, I get one of two errors when I try using the device: 1)failed to parse or 2)tainted. See below. What I did: I made the toolchain and got the tools and libs. Then ran ./autogen.sh and selected some configurations. Then copied the new carl9170.fw file to /lib/firmware and changed its name to carl9170-1.fw. (Followed the README https://github.com/chunkeey/carl9170fw) Here are the errors: 1) If I select 'no' to all options during the autogen configuration, this is the error I get when inserting the device: [505796.463525] usb 1-1.4: new high-speed USB device number 15 using ehci_hcd [505796.679353] usb 1-1.4: reset high-speed USB device number 15 using ehci_hcd [505796.810127] usb 1-1.4: driver API: 1.9.4 2011-08-15 [1-1] [505796.810132] usb 1-1.4: firmware API: 1.9.9 2013-10-25 [505796.810135] usb 1-1.4: Unprotected firmware image. [505796.810138] usb 1-1.4: firmware does support mandatory features. [505796.810141] usb 1-1.4: failed to parse firmware (-125). 2) If I select 'yes' to all options except the experimental extensions, this is the error I get when inserting the device: [504006.523276] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [504006.523286] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-3.2.0/net/wireless/core.c:436 wiphy_verify_combinations+0x213/0x240 [cfg80211]() [504006.523289] Hardware name: OptiPlex 790 [504006.523291] Modules linked in: arc4 dm_crypt snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek carl9170(O) mac80211 ath cfg80211 snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm dcdbas parport_pc snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi ppdev snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq joydev snd_timer snd_seq_device psmouse snd serio_raw soundcore snd_page_alloc mac_hid mei(C) rfcomm bnep bluetooth lp parport nfsd nfs lockd fscache auth_rpcgss nfs_acl sunrpc binfmt_misc usbhid hid e1000e radeon ttm i915 drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit video [504006.523338] Pid: 30107, comm: firmware/carl91 Tainted: G WC O 3.2.0-67-generic #101-Ubuntu [504006.523341] Call Trace: [504006.523349] [<ffffffff810683af>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 [504006.523354] [<ffffffff8106840a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [504006.523361] [<ffffffffa049e233>] wiphy_verify_combinations+0x213/0x240 [cfg80211] [504006.523368] [<ffffffffa049f395>] wiphy_register+0xc5/0x3f0 [cfg80211] [504006.523380] [<ffffffffa04d2235>] ? ieee80211_register_hw+0xb5/0x650 [mac80211] [504006.523390] [<ffffffffa04d2449>] ieee80211_register_hw+0x2c9/0x650 [mac80211] [504006.523396] [<ffffffffa0552044>] carl9170_register+0x294/0x5c0 [carl9170] [504006.523402] [<ffffffff81408720>] ? _request_firmware+0x270/0x270 [504006.523407] [<ffffffffa0553d48>] carl9170_usb_firmware_step2+0x68/0xe0 [carl9170] [504006.523412] [<ffffffff81408761>] request_firmware_work_func+0x41/0x80 [504006.523417] [<ffffffff8108b8cc>] kthread+0x8c/0xa0 [504006.523422] [<ffffffff8166deb4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [504006.523427] [<ffffffff8108b840>] ? flush_kthread_worker+0xa0/0xa0 [504006.523431] [<ffffffff8166deb0>] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13 [504006.523434] ---[ end trace df0f0cb5a9397534 ]--- Also, the adapter works when I use the firmware from here: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/carl9170#Firmware_binary And this is what it shows when it works: [506279.791495] usb 1-1.4: new high-speed USB device number 16 using ehci_hcd [506280.007316] usb 1-1.4: reset high-speed USB device number 16 using ehci_hcd [506280.137921] usb 1-1.4: driver API: 1.9.4 2011-08-15 [1-1] [506280.137926] usb 1-1.4: firmware API: 1.9.9 2013-10-25 [506280.137957] usb 1-1.4: driver does not support all firmware features. [506280.491337] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0 [506280.491341] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used [506280.491343] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search [506280.491346] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a [506280.491348] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US [506280.491350] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a More info: uname -a: Linux mims 3.2.0-67-generic #101-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 15 17:46:11 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Please let me know if there is more useful information I should post. Best regards, Chris -- 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
