On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Riffer <riffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello! > > The problem is described in the topic. > > Symptons: > > The driver gets loaded and all depending drivers too but the wireless > device does not come up (iwconfig shows nothing, "ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP):" > does not follow in /var/log/messages after modprobing). > > Any hints for me? Maybe a new functionality that has to be triggered? > > I am using the bleeding drivers on a Compaq 615 Notebook having PCI ID > 14e4:4315 (Broadcom) under Ubuntu 9.04 with kernel > 2.6.30-02063006-generic AMD64. > That's probably "wext: refactor". Try connecting manually using iw (not iwconfig). > Currently I am testing the bleeding edge driver nearly every day because > I am a very curious man :-) and my hope is to one day find the best > (fast and stable) wireless driver I can get for my notebook ;-) > > The most stable driver at the moment (for me) is the archive from the > 16th of september and as you can read here > http://forums.opensuse.org/2045067-post38.html bleeding edge had already > a failure that stopped working from 17th to 26th of september (for me) > where Larry pointed to a problem with cfg80211 (I am using WPA2). > > Another problem is that the archive from today can not be compiled: > > /home/riffer/bleeding/compat-wireless-2009-10-06/drivers/net/wireless/ath/main.o > In file included from > /home/riffer/bleeding/compat-wireless-2009-10-06/include/net/mac80211.h:22, > from > /home/riffer/bleeding/compat-wireless-2009-10-06/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.h:22, > from > /home/riffer/bleeding/compat-wireless-2009-10-06/drivers/net/wireless/ath/main.c:20: > /home/riffer/bleeding/compat-wireless-2009-10-06/include/net/cfg80211.h:1146: > Fehler: »ETHTOOL_BUSINFO_LEN« ist hier nicht deklariert (nicht in einer > Funktion) > (translation: > Error »ETHTOOL_BUSINFO_LEN« is not declared here (not in a function)) > > best regards > > p.s.: > I am only a user and not a developer. If my posting to this mailing-list > is a mistake please tell me!!! > -- > Riffer > -- > 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 > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) -- 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
