On Saturday 13 March 2010 08:50:08 Jan Martinek wrote: > Hello, > > I have been using prism54 driver and my PCI wireless card was working in > Master mode. After upgrade to kernel-2.6.32 there is no prism54 driver > so I switched to p54pci. The problem is that I cannot set the Master > mode anymore, I get this error: > > # iwconfig wlan0 mode master > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. > > This is my wireless card: > > 03:05.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation ISL3890 [Prism GT/Prism > Duette]/ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01) > > this is my kernel version: kernel-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64 > And here is what I found in dmesg: > > cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: > (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) > (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) > (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) > (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) > (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) > (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) > p54pci 0000:03:05.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20 > p54pci 0000:03:05.0: firmware: requesting isl3886pci > phy0: p54 detected a LM86 firmware > p54: rx_mtu reduced from 3240 to 2376 > phy0: FW rev 2.13.12.0 - Softmac protocol 5.9 > phy0: cryptographic accelerator WEP:YES, TKIP:YES, CCMP:YES > phy0: hwaddr 00:60:b3:1c:41:e5, MAC:isl3890 RF:Frisbee > phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel' > Registered led device: p54-phy0::assoc > Registered led device: p54-phy0::tx > Registered led device: p54-phy0::rx > Registered led device: p54-phy0::radio > p54pci 0000:03:05.0: is registered as 'phy0' > cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: CZ > cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: CZ > (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) > (2400000 KHz - 2483500 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm) > (5150000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2301 mBm) > (5250000 KHz - 5350000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2301 mBm) > (5470000 KHz - 5725000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 3000 mBm) > > Is there any possibility to set the master mode? The mac80211 stack _outsourced_ most of the 802.11 management code, so it can't operate in master mode all by itself. Therefore you'll need hostapd. We have an up-to-date wiki entry (+ some WPA(2) examples): http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd BTW: There are also back-ports of the mac80211-stack (+ drivers) (aka compat-wireless). So, if you run into weird AP problems, you know where to look for updates. http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download Regards, Chr PS: What card do you have? Is it a Z-Com XG-600? -- 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
