MADWIFI on FC1

[Satish Balay]

perhaps you need some additions to /etc/pcmcia/config? 

from http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk/madwifi-faq.htm

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ts also handy to note that the card is handled by a combination of hotplug and pcmcia, so you need to put:

device "ath_pci"
       class "network" module "wlan", "ath_hal", "ath_pci"

card "Atheros Wireless 802.11 b/g Card"
     manfid 0x0271, 0x0012
     bind "ath_pci"

In /etc/pcmcia/config.opts
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I've used this driver with mini-pci - not pcmcia - so I don't know if
there are any additional configuration required for pcmcia. The error
messages kinda sugest - hardware was not detected - so perhaps the
chipset is not aheros?

Satish

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Bill Johnson wrote:

> Thanks for the reply!  I recompiled, ensuring the CC=gcc32 was set.  Same 
> result.  Here is some additional information that occurs when I try to 
> modprobe wlan, ath_hal and ath_pci after doing the above compile.  Any 
> 
> [root at laptop madwifi]# /sbin/cardctl status
> Socket 0:
>   3.3V CardBus card
>   function 0: [ready]
> [root at laptop madwifi]# /sbin/cardctl ident
> Socket 0:
>   product info: "Proxim, Inc.", "802.11a Wireless CardBus Adapter.", "CIS 
> REV 1.2", "Copyright 2001"
>   manfid: 0x0126, 0x0007
>   function: 6 (network)
> [root at laptop madwifi]# /sbin/cardctl config
> Socket 0:
>   Vcc 3.3V  Vpp1 3.3V  Vpp2 3.3V
>   interface type is "cardbus"
>   irq 10 [exclusive] [level]
>   function 0:
> [root at laptop madwifi]# /sbin/modprobe wlan
> [root at laptop madwifi]# /sbin/modprobe ath_hal
> Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/net/ath_hal.o will taint 
> the kernel: non-GPL license - Proprietary
>   See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about 
> tainted modules
> Module ath_hal loaded, with warnings
> [root at laptop madwifi]# /sbin/modprobe ath_pci
> Warning: ignoring irq=10, no such parameter in this module
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/net/ath_pci.o: init_module: No such device
> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, 
> including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
>       You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/net/ath_pci.o: insmod 
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/net/ath_pci.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/net/ath_pci.o: insmod ath_pci failed
> [root at laptop madwifi]#
> 
> 
> Here is the latest from dmesg as a result of the above:
> PCI: Enabling device 03:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
> ath_hal: 0.9.8.6
> wlan: 0.7.3.1 BETA
> ath_pci: 0.8.5.4 BETA
> ath_pci: cache line size not set; forcing 32
> ath%d: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 3
> ath_pci: No devices found, driver not installed.
> wlan: driver unloaded
> ath_hal: driver unloaded
> wlan: 0.7.3.1 BETA
> ath_hal: 0.9.8.6
> ath_pci: 0.8.5.4 BETA
> ath%d: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 3
> ath_pci: No devices found, driver not installed.
> [root at laptop madwifi]#
> 
> The "ignoring irq=10" error is due to my having added a line in the 
> modules.conf to try and force it to use irq 10, based on the hint shown. 
> That didn't work, and I need to remove it from the modules.conf file.
> 
> Any other thoughts on what I'm missing?
> 
> Bill Johnson
> 
> On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Satish Balay wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Bill Johnson wrote:
> > 
> > > 3.  Compiled them via make and make install.
> > 
> > Could you verify if you compiled the driver with gcc32? (otherwise things won't work)
> > 
> > make CC=gcc32
> > make install
> > 
> > Satish
> > 
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