WUSB54G firmware

[Jim]

On 06/01/2009 12:51 PM, suvayu ali wrote:
> 2009/6/1 Jim<mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net>:
>    
>> On 05/31/2009 01:36 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
>>      
>>> Jim wrote:
>>>        
>>>> On 05/31/2009 02:21 AM, Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:
>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Jim<mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net
>>>>> <mailto:mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net>>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>     FC10/Kde
>>>>>
>>>>>     I'm trying to setup a Linksys WUSB54G and I get this error message
>>>>>     from DMESG.
>>>>>
>>>>>     usb 2-2: firmware: requesting l3886usb
>>>>>
>>>>>     usb 2-2: (p54usb) cannot find firmware (isl3886usb)
>>>>>
>>>>>     usb 2-2: firmware: requesting isl3890usb
>>>>>
>>>>>     p54usb: probe of 2-2:1.0 failed with error -2
>>>>>     usbcore: registered new interface driver p54usb
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     I have googled isl3886USB and can't find the firmware, does anyone
>>>>>     know where this firmware
>>>>>     is.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I am pretty sure I used one of those on F8, and it worked out of the
>>>>> box.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, take a look at
>>>>>
>>>>> http://markmail.org/message/oqgtvzwxholc5dsl
>>>>>
>>>>> which will take you to:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
>>>>> LCG - UFRJ
>>>>>            
>>>> I should have told you that I'm trying install on a X86_64 box.
>>>>
>>>> I did install the 2.13.24.0.lm86(2).arm and it is in /lib/firmware, it
>>>> would not install in
>>>> /lib64/firmware.
>>>>
>>>> I think I need to install the ndiswrapper for i386, I have
>>>> ndiswrapper.X86_64 installed.
>>>>
>>>> The ndiswrapper.i386 doesn't show up in FC10 X86_64 fedora repo how do I
>>>> change the repo's to read the i386 files ?
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> I think you missed a crucial step. Although right now I am using a D-Link
>>> USB wifi receiver, I did try a Linksys for a few days after I had set it up
>>> for the D-Link, and it worked right out of the box. So the procedure should
>>> be the same. Here is how I did it for the D-Link.
>>>
>>> 1. I put the firmware in /lib/firmware/
>>> 2. Renamed it to 'isl3890usb'
>>> 2. in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/ ran "make menuconfig" as root,
>>> enabled the relevant kernel module. then did a "modprobe<driver>". Here
>>> <driver>  is p54.
>>>
>>> I believe you missed the renaming the firmware part.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>>> PS: I am on x86_64 too
>>> $uname -r
>>> 2.6.27.24-170.2.68.fc10.x86_64
>>>
>>>        
>> I did as you suggested, but I'm still having problems.
>> Do you know what this means?
>>
>> p54usb: probe of 2-2:1.0 failed with error -110
>>
>>
>>
>> Here is my dmesg and lsmod
>>
>>
>> Dmesg
>>
>> usb 2-2: (p54usb) cannot find firmware (isl3886usb)
>> usb 2-2: firmware: requesting isl3890usb
>> phy0: p54 detected a LM86 firmware
>> p54: rx_mtu reduced from 3240 to 2392
>> phy0: FW rev 2.13.24.0 - Softmac protocol 5.9
>> phy0: cryptographic accelerator WEP:YES, TKIP:YES, CCMP:YES
>>
>> p54usb: probe of 2-2:1.0 failed with error -110
>> usbcore: registered new interface driver p54usb
>>
>>      
> # dmesg|grep firmware
> firmware: requesting isl3890usb
> p54: LM86 firmware
>
> # dmesg|grep prism
> usbcore: registered new interface driver prism54usb
> Loaded prism54 driver, version 1.2
>
> This is my output from dmesg. Its rather odd that in your case the
> kernel is looking for two different firmwares for the same device.
>
>    
>> Modules that are loading
>>
>> p54usb                 14208  0
>> p54common              20452  1 p54usb
>> mac80211              194224  2 p54usb,p54common
>>
>>      
> As you can see from this device list, your adapter is not there.
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54/devices
>
> However filtering the complete device list for Linksys gives me a list
> where it is included.
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Devices/USB?dbw.devices.submit=filter&dbw.devices.filter0=[all]&dbw.devices.filter1=Linksys&dbw.devices.filter3=[all]&dbw.devices.filter4=[all]
>
> Are you sure you have the correct model *name* *and* *revision* for the adapter?
>
> If you have that correct then the next step would be to check the
> settings in menuconfig. This is what you should see when you search
> for prism after running make menuconfig.
>
>    │ Symbol: PRISM54 [=m]
>    │ Prompt: Intersil Prism GT/Duette/Indigo PCI/Cardbus
>    │   Defined at drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig:496
>    │   Depends on: NETDEVICES&&  !S390&&  PCI&&  EXPERIMENTAL&&  WLAN_80211
>    │   Location:
>    │     ->  Device Drivers
>    │       ->  Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y])
>    │         ->  Wireless LAN
>    │           ->  Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11) (WLAN_80211 [=y])
>    │   Selects: WIRELESS_EXT&&  FW_LOADER
>
> After that is verified, try 'modprobe prism54'. I was quoting from
> memory in my last email and had erroneously said p54. If all of this
> doesn't work, I am out of ideas. I am very new to linux myself. :P
>
> GL
>
>    
What is the difference between p54usb, p54common, prism54 driver.
The p54usb, p54common always loads at bootup,
but the prism54 doesn't.
I have to modprobe prism54 to get it to load.
Which one is the correct driver ??