2008/5/14 Zack Weinberg <zackw@xxxxxxxxx>: > I have a shiny new Thinkpad T61 and I'd like to get its wireless > chipset working with the ath5k driver. I have tried > compat-wireless-2008-05-07 on top of kernel 2.6.25.1 -- I get this in > dmesg: > > # modprobe ath5k > [15497.699573] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, > low) -> IRQ 17 > [15497.699607] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64 > [15497.699665] ath5k_pci 0000:03:00.0: registered as 'phy0' > [15498.709122] ath5k phy0: failed to wakeup the MAC Chip > [15498.709195] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:03:00.0 disabled > [15498.709205] ath5k_pci: probe of 0000:03:00.0 failed with error -5 > > # lspci -vnn -s 0000:03:00.0 > 03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212 > 802.11abg NIC [168c:1014] (rev 01) > Subsystem: IBM Device [1014:058a] > Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 17 > Memory at df3f0000 (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 > > ath_info does not work: > # ath_info df3f0000 > Unable to read EEPROM Magic value! > > The old madwifi drivers don't work with this chip either: > # modprobe ath_pci > [ 392.367300] ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, > RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) > [ 392.379623] wlan: 0.9.4 > [ 392.381431] ath_pci: 0.9.4 > [ 392.381466] PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.0 (0000 -> 0002) > [ 392.381472] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, > low) -> IRQ 17 > [ 392.381488] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64 > [ 392.385856] wifi%d: unable to attach hardware: 'Hardware didn't > respond as expected' (HAL status 3) > [ 392.385870] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:03:00.0 disabled > > What can I do to help make this chip work in the near future? > > zw Are you sure that ath5k from compat-wireless is being used and not the one that comes with 2.6.25 ? In ath5k that comes with 2.6.25 the fix Bob mentioned is not included and PCI-E cards hang. Have you tried blacklisting ath5k, power-cycle and only use madwifi/ndiswrapper ? If your card doesn't work even after disabling ath5k and power-cycle (reboot won't work, you'll have to actually turn your system off and on) then you might have some hw problem. -- 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
