[ltp] Good news about the Atheros driver

[Neil Weisenfeld]

I didn't want to co-opt his e-mail address directly and bug him, but
please pass on our thanks.


Neil



On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 13:29, Joel Ebel wrote:
> I got this response from Greg, the author of this new atheros driver. 
> Looks like we'll get it working soon.
> 
> Joel
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Madwifi-users] Thanks! But I can't turn it on!
> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 10:26:18 -0700
> From: greg chesson <greg@atheros.com>
> To: Joel Ebel <jbebel@ncsu.edu>
> References: <3EFBD488.5030903@atheros.com> <3EFC2B7D.5030604@ncsu.edu>
> 
> Joel,
> 
> I've just found out that the IBM T40s implement an RFKILL option.
> It's an extra control line that goes into the card just on the ibm systems.
> If you were using a retail Cardbus card you wouldn't see the problem.
> Point is, we'll have to add some code to the driver to detect this and
> do a handshake with the BIOS and a special hardware interrupt
> generated when you push the Function key.
> 
> Anyway this explains why you have no tx power and why ifconfig
> and iwconfig don't override it.
> 
> Sincere apologies - this is why its a beta release.
> 
> There are differences in how the rf kill mechanism works depending on
> whether
> you have a 5211 or a 5212 chip.   However,  I'll make a mod for the driver
> that handles both cases as soon as I get all the interfacing facts.
> 
> I'll have to hunt down a T40 test machine here, but will do so.
> This will take a couple days because its friday and I'm completely saturated
> with deadlines and such.   But I'll email you a modded driver for testing
> as soon as I can, and if it works for you we'll roll it into another code
> drop on Sourceforge.
> 
> Don't panic, we'll get you on the air.
> 
> g
> 
> 
> 
> Joel Ebel wrote:
> > Yeah.  No luck.  I'm still guessing it's IBM silliness.  However, I do 
> > notice that txpower is set to off.  The only thing I've found to make it 
> > not say off is to use iwconfig ath0 txpower auto.  Then it says 0 dBm. 
> > Not much better.  iwlist ath0 txpower says "No transmitter powers ? 
> > Please update driver..."  So apparently I have no way to change the 
> > trnsmit power.  Any other thoughts?  Should I be contacting IBM to get 
> > them to give me a way to turn it on?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Joel
> > 
> > greg chesson wrote:
> > 
> >> We're guessing the bios is doing something for you.
> >>
> >> Try this:
> >>
> >>     ifconfig ath0 up
> >>
> >> that should light it up.
> >> the output you provided shows that the driver loaded.
> >> then the other iwconfig and iwlist commands mentioned
> >> in the README file should work.
> >>
> >> g
> >>
> >>
> >>
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