[ltp] NetGear WG511 with fc3
Mauro Maroni
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 7 Dec 2004 16:50:47 -0300 (ART)
The NM-520 (I don't know, just guessing here) could be an old (16 bits
ISA-like) PCMCIA card, while the WG511 is a (32 bits PCI-like) Cardbus
device (not guessing here). That is the reason why is on
IRQ 11.
Not sure abour Fedora hardware discovery tools (I use Slackware), but
however neither those tools nor iwtools (like iwconfig) will bring your
card up because the firmware uploading process and card initialization
(green LED on) is not being completed properly.
I had to try different kernel versions and patches (I am still on 2.4.X)
and to update the hotplug package (firmware did not upload correctly
with the old one) to get a working configuration.
Despite the included kernel driver, is your 2.6.X kernel properly
configured (i.e sysfs mounted) as indicated by the prism54.org
guys?
You can find a lot of information there and also a large forum with hints
for problems like yours.
Regards,
Mauro
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Bert Haskins wrote:
>
> Other points:
> The kernel and hotplug are 2.6.9-1.667
> I think that the prism54 driver is built into this kernel.
>
> The first item after doing iwconfig <enter> is "NOT READY"
>
> If I have the MN-520 (b) card in and shutdown, put in theWG511 and
> restart I would expect to
> go through the "new hardware found" routine.
> This doesn't happen.
>
> If I pop out the card the system gets stuck in a
> "unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0 to become free: Usage count = (
> number varies ) " loop
> and won't shutdown.
>
> The MN-520 card installs to IRQ 3, WG511 to IRQ 11, IMHO 3 is better.
>
> Mauro Maroni wrote:
>
> >The LED turns on after the firmware is uploaded and the card is soft
> >reset, but in your case is failing in that second step so you never reach
> >that point (LED on)
> >
> >Kernel version? Hotplug package version?
> >
> >Regards,
> >Mauro
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Bert Haskins wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Mauro Maroni wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Sounds strange...did you try with another firmware version?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>All four of the versions!
> >>I think that the key to this is that I don't get either led to light...
> >>ever
> >>With the MN-520 both leds come on early in the boot process.
> >>I just put the MN-520 back in because I needed to update some files.
> >>It came right up, no need to change anything.
> >>Do you suppose that there may be something left by the MN-520 somewhere
> >>in the system
> >>that is stopping the WG511 from coming up?
> >>Thanks,
> >> Bert
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>On Sun, 5 Dec 2004, Bert Haskins wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Winsley von Spee wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Am Samstag, den 04.12.2004, 23:24 -0500 schrieb Bert Haskins:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>I'm running fc3 on my 390X, and I can't seem to get my NetGear WG511
> >>>>>>Wireless 802.11g card to work with it.
> >>>>>>It uses the Prism54 Chipset.
> >>>>>>The card runs fine under W2K.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>The isl3890 firmware from prism54 is in /lib/firmware.
> >>>>>>Lsmod and cat interrupts both show prism54.
> >>>>>>Cardctl ident shows both slots empty(?)..
> >>>>>>This command under Mepis 2004 shows
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>product info: "Intersil", "ISL3890", "-", "-"
> >>>>>>manfid: 0x00b, 0x3890
> >>>>>>function: 254 ((null))
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>The card does not show up under the Internet connection wizard
> >>>>>>although it did when I first tried to set it up(?).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Has anyone else on the list had good results with this card?
> >>>>>>Or have and ideas on what I might be missing.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>A MN520 (wireless b) card runs fine in this machine
> >>>>>>and shows up under cardctl ident.
> >>>>>>This card was very easy to set up.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Thanks,
> >>>>>> Bert
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>I used this card a relative long time. All I did was including support
> >>>>>in the Kernel and putting the firmware to /lib/firmware.
> >>>>>What does dmesg say after putting in the card
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>/// new lines in dmesg
> >>>>Loaded prism54 driver, version 1.2
> >>>>PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
> >>>>divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0
> >>>>ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
> >>>>eth0: islpci_open()
> >>>>eth0: resetting device...
> >>>>eth0: uploading firmware...
> >>>>eth0: firmware uploaded done, now triggering reset...
> >>>>eth0: device soft reset timed out
> >>>>eth0: timeout waiting for mgmt response 1000, triggering device
> >>>>eth0: timeout waiting for mgmt response
> >>>>eth0: timeout waiting for mgmt response 1000, triggering device
> >>>>eth0: timeout waiting for mgmt response
> >>>>eth0: timeout waiting for mgmt response 1000, triggering device
> >>>>eth0: timeout waiting for mgmt response
> >>>>eth0: timeout waiting for mgmt response 1000, triggering device
> >>>>eth0: timeout waiting for mgmt response
> >>>>eth0: mgmt tx queue is still full
> >>>>eth0: mgmt tx queue is still full
> >>>>eth0: mgmt tx queue is still full
> >>>>eth0: mgmt tx queue is still full
> >>>>eth0: mgmt tx queue is still full
> >>>>eth0: mgmt tx queue is still full
> >>>>eth0: mgmt tx queue is still full
> >>>>eth0: mgmt tx queue is still full
> >>>>eth0: mgmt tx queue is still full
> >>>>eth0: mgmt tx queue is still full
> >>>>eth0: mgmt tx queue is still full
> >>>>eth0: mgmt tx queue is still full
> >>>>eth0: mgmt tx queue is still full
> >>>>eth0: mgmt tx queue is still full
> >>>>eth0: mgmt tx queue is still full
> >>>>eth0: mgt_commit has failed. Restart the device
> >>>>eth0: no IPv6 routers present
> >>>>///////
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>and what says lspci ???
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>lspci says "2:00.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation Intersil
> >>>>ISL3890 [Prism GT/Prism Duette] (rev 01)"
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>If you build the wlan driver as a module also check lsmod.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>lsmod shows the prism54 module.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Greetz
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>
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