From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Subject: Re: [Comm-en] Aetheros Card (D-Link DWL 650) From: Richard Hainsworth To: community-en@altlinux.org In-Reply-To: <20040701110359.GF6870@altlinux.org> References: <1088573879.2014.17.camel@smilingface.rusrating.ru> <20040701110359.GF6870@altlinux.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=CP1251 Organization: RusRating Message-Id: <1088680365.2016.39.camel@smilingface.rusrating.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-alt1) Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 15:12:45 +0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on rusrating.ru X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-BeenThere: community-en@altlinux.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: community-en@altlinux.org List-Id: "Mailing list for ALT Linux users \(in English only\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 11:13:54 -0000 Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Post: Could not find psciscan Where to get it? Richard On Чтв, 2004-07-01 at 15:03, Alexander Bokovoy wrote: > On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 09:37:59AM +0400, Richard Hainsworth wrote: > > I have a new D-Link pcmcia card which has the Aethoros chip set. My > > distro is Compact 2.3 > > > > I used cardctl to get the card information to get > > PRODID_1="Atheros Communications, Inc." > > PRODID_2="AR5001-0000-0000" > > PRODID_3="Wireless LAN Reference Card" > > PRODID_4="00" > > MANFID=0271,0012 > > FUNCID=6 > > > > Then I updated the file /etc/pcmcia/config with > > card "Atheros Communications, Inc." > > manfid 0271,0012 > > bind airo_cs > > I don't see this PCI ID in the madwifi driver: > { 0x168c, 0x0007, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, > { 0x168c, 0x0012, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, > { 0x168c, 0x0013, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, > { 0xa727, 0x0013, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, /* 3com */ > { 0x10b7, 0x0013, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, /* 3com 3CRDAG675 */ > { 0x168c, 0x1014, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, /* IBM minipci 5212 */ > > > Could you run pciscan -v and send its output here? > > > However, I doubt the driver is right. > > > > The following instructions are part of a receipe I found on the net for > > redhat > > > > cd /lib/modules/{kernel}/madwifi > > insnode wlan.o > > insnode ath_hal.o > > insnode ath_pci.o > > > > The first two exit without error but the last produces the error on > > stderr and a message in dmesg > > > > ath_pci.o: init_module: No such device > > > > and using dmesg: > > ath_pci: 0.8.3.2 BETA (Sam Leffler ) > > ath_pci: No devices found, driver not installed. > You don't need to do so. In fact, most work would be something like this: > 1. Create /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ath0 as regular for network > interfaces: > > DEVICE=ath0 > BOOTPROTO=dhcp > ONBOOT=no > WIRELESS_ESSID="wireless" > > 2. Install hotplug package. It would allow you to automatically execute > interface creation during card insert (and shut the interface down when > card is removed). > > 3. Make sure that your PCI ID for the card is known by the driver. I would > suggest you to send pciscan -v output here first and then we'll decide how > to go.