Hi Linux wireless devs! I'm having probs maintaining a stable connection with the libertas_cs driver. When I use wifi for more than a few seconds I start to get errors like: libertas_cs 0.0 wlan0: TX lockup detected I get this error when I connect with iw, iwconfig, netctl or networkmanager, with or without wpa_supplicant / encryption under both Linux 3.11.3 and 4.2.3. I am trying to use a SparkLAN WCFM-100 under Arch Linux ARM on my olde SHARP Zaurus SL-C3000, of course! :) The libertas homepage ( http://linuxwireless.sipsolutions.net/en/users/Drivers/libertas/ ) says I should extract the firmware to use my device. Although I can download the tools source, running `make` in the fwcutter dir fails because it needs to download http://files.gumstix.com/cf8385-5.0.16.p0-26306.tbz which no longer exists. To work around this I have copied cf8385.bin and cf8385_helper.bin from my laptop's libertas firmware directory into the kernel firmware directory on my Zaurus which at least gets the card activated by the kernel. I should prob also mention that Linux prints something like this whenever I plug the card in: Oct 14 20:22:06 alarm kernel: pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0 Oct 14 20:22:06 alarm kernel: pcmcia 0.0: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0 (IRQ: 201) Oct 14 20:22:06 alarm kernel: cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain Oct 14 20:22:06 alarm kernel: lib80211: common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers Oct 14 20:22:06 alarm kernel: lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL' Oct 14 20:22:06 alarm kernel: libertas_cs 0.0 (unregistered net_device): 00:0e:8e:11:68:50, fw 5.0.20p2, cap 0x00000303 Oct 14 20:22:06 alarm kernel: libertas_cs 0.0 (unregistered net_device): PREP_CMD: command 0x00a3 failed: 2 Oct 14 20:22:06 alarm kernel: libertas_cs 0.0 (unregistered net_device): PREP_CMD: command 0x10ac failed: 2 Oct 14 20:22:07 alarm kernel: libertas_cs 0.0 (unregistered net_device): PREP_CMD: command 0x00a3 failed: 2 Oct 14 20:22:07 alarm kernel: libertas_cs 0.0 wlan0: Marvell WLAN 802.11 adapter Could my problems be caused by incorrect firmware or might I have a faulty wifi card? If I need to use fwcutter to extract the firmware, where can I get the required archives from? Thanks for your help! -- 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
