On Thursday, November 08, 2012 01:24:11 PM Piotr Kaczorek wrote: > We're using miniPCI WiFi cards in our mini-PC's: > 00:02.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation ISL3886 [Prism > Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01) > > OS is Debian Lenny with 'custom' kernel (3.2.24 from kernel.org). > > The WiFi cards usually work without problems except that from time to > time they don't start during the boot up process. Here's what I found in > logs: > Nov 7 05:12:24 hostname kernel: [ 21.323335] ieee80211 phy0: FW rev > 2.13.25.0 - Softmac protocol 5.9 > Nov 7 05:12:24 hostname kernel: [ 21.323435] ieee80211 phy0: > cryptographic accelerator WEP:YES, TKIP:YES, CCMP:YES > Nov 7 05:12:24 hostname kernel: [ 22.567542] ieee80211 phy0: Cannot > boot firmware! > Nov 7 05:12:24 hostname kernel: [ 22.567843] p54pci: probe of > 0000:00:02.0 failed with error -110 > > Anybody got an idea why firmware might not have loaded (and did without > any changes after next reboot 24hrs later)? -110 is TIMEDOUT and the firmware simply failed to respond "in time". You could try to increase the timeout [see attached patch] or give the firmware a second chance. > Is this a hardware problem with WiFi card (we had few that didn't work > at all 'out of the box')? Maybe a problem with 'hard disk' (we are using > Compact Flash cards)? No, I don't think that your harddisk replacement (compact flash cards) would cause such a problem. If you can, try the patch and clean up the dust (connectors and on the card itself - at least this works for my pcmcia cards). About the cards which "refused" to work: Do you know if these were even recognized by the system [lspci -vvnn]? BTW: What happens if you try to reload the module after it failed the first time? Does it suddenly work? Or do you have to do a warm/cold reboot/restart to get it working again? Regards, Chr --- diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.c index b439079..e7a403d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.c @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static int p54p_upload_firmware(struct ieee80211_hw *dev) udelay(10); /* wait for the firmware to boot properly */ - mdelay(100); + mdelay(200); return 0; } -- 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
