On 03/24/11 12:51, Sedat Dilek wrote: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:04 AM, James <bjlockie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 03/20/11 17:04, James wrote: >>> $ dmesg | grep phy >>> BIOS-provided physical RAM map: >>> modified physical RAM map: >>> phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'ath9k_rate_control' >>> Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::radio >>> Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::assoc >>> Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::tx >>> Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::rx >>> phy0: Atheros AR5416 MAC/BB Rev:2 AR2133 RF Rev:81 >>> mem=0xffffc90001900000, irq=17 >>> >>> This is kernel-2.6.36.2. >>> The wireless doesn't work on any later kernel that I have tried. >>> It is very interesting the IRQ is 17 on this kernel but 18 on 2.6.37.3. >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> >> I tried >> http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6-stable/v2.6.36/compat-wireless-2.6.36-4.tar.bz2 >> but it doesn't work in the 2.6.36.2 kernel or the 2.6.38 kernel. >> >> Where can I get the compat-wireless that is the exact code that is in >> the 2.6.36.2 kernel and then I can try it in the 2.6.38 kernel? >> > The idea of compat-wireless is to make new wifi drivers & features > accessible for older host-kernel, not the other way around. > It also makes no sense to have same versions of host kernel and c-w > version (both 2.6.36 for example, it is the same codebase). If the old c-w works on the new kernel then I know it is a kernel problem. > Did you try one of the bleeding-edge compat-wireless [1] tarball (it > is updated daily, but can be broken)? > Furthermore, [2] has informations about stable releases and detailed > build instructions. I last tried 2011-03-19 > Please provide full dmesg and lspci/lsusb output - not truncated one. > Which user-space do you use? Network-Manager, wpasupplicant, etc.? No user space utilities are automatically started but I use wicd manually to get an IP from my wired connection. The AP is open so I don't use wpasupplicant. $ dmesg http://lockie.ca/test/dmesg.txt.bz2 $ sudo lspci 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP65 Memory Controller (rev a1) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP65 LPC Bridge (rev a2) 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP65 SMBus (rev a1) 00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP65 Memory Controller (rev a1) 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP65 USB Controller (rev a1) 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP65 USB Controller (rev a1) 00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP65 High Definition Audio (rev a1) 00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP65 PCI bridge (rev a1) 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP65 IDE (rev a1) 00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP65 SATA Controller (rev a1) 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 045b (rev a1) 00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP65 PCI Express bridge (rev a1) 00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP65 PCI Express bridge (rev a1) 00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP65 PCI Express bridge (rev a1) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01) 02:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) 02:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11) 02:08.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11) 02:09.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) 04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GT] (rev a2) -- 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
