Hello! On Wednesday 13 August 2008 16:02:09 Daniel wrote: > I now have kernel 2.6.25-r7, but I kept trying to use the p54usb module > with my card unsuccessfully since it appeared in the kernel tree (around > February this year) -- it never worked. I use firmware version 2.5.6.0 from > the prism54.org website. I tried with other versions of firmware as well, > but most of them did not even load up (error -22 and error -110). hmm, there are about 5 different types of firmwares... - TWO for minipci cards - fullmac are exclusively for prism54 - softmac are only for p54 - one for isl3886 chips with a net2280 pci-usb-bridge (your card/stick) - one for isl3887 chips (they have a native USB-Interface) - one for conextant's cx3110x (spi interface) (found on some Nokia N800/N770 I think Johannes did some work here, but that was long ago) so stick with prism54.org recommendation 2.5.6.0 ... > > With firmware 2.5.6.0 the module loads up, but scanning for APs reveals no > answer, ever. If I set an ESSID of a network I KNOW is around and not > crypted it does not set the AP address and the "Link Quality" is always 0 > and it never connects. The card can not be set in monitor mode. > I can set the card in ad-hoc mode ONLY if the interface is down. (Ad-hoc isn't supported... there was a patch but no review!) And you always have to bring the interface down to change the mode it's more a mac80211 thing than p54's fault... > If afterwards I try to bring the interface up (with ifconfig), I get an error, > and the interface does not come up. Ad-hoc isn't supported and monitor-mode will filter out anything except beacons... > After a while (never fixed) the kernel Oops. > > Both the failure to work and the final unpredictable kernel Oops are always > reproducible, although the time it takes the kernel to Oops varies every > time. Hmm, I found 2 problems and I guess there are some more... (Will post them later today or tomorrow, my timezone is CEST) but you'll need: - wireless-dev git-tree (which can be found here: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-testing.git ) - the "patch" - utility - time to test & report... > I've tried this with 3 desktop computers and 1 laptop and all have the same > behavior. The wireless card works well in windows or in linux under > ndiswrapper. hmm, do you have usbmon enabled in your kernel? Or is there any other facility to "monitor" what ndiswrapper or p54 is doing? because this logs are very handy! > Did anyone manage to have this wireless card (DWL-G120) working with this > module (p54usb) ? hmm, I haven't heard of anyone with success... Regards, Chr -- 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
