From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932600AbWHLVHZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:07:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932615AbWHLVHZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:07:25 -0400 Received: from smtp.nildram.co.uk ([195.112.4.54]:18189 "EHLO smtp.nildram.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932600AbWHLVHY (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:07:24 -0400 From: Alistair John Strachan To: Daniel Subject: Re: debug prism wlan Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:07:29 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200608122140.44365.damage@rooties.de> <200608122143.04859.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> <200608122257.00019.damage@rooties.de> In-Reply-To: <200608122257.00019.damage@rooties.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200608122207.29924.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Saturday 12 August 2006 23:56, Daniel wrote: > Am Samstag, 12. August 2006 20:43 schrieb Alistair John Strachan: > > On Saturday 12 August 2006 23:26, Daniel wrote: > > > Oh, sorry I have forgotten to tell: > > > > > > drunken init # lspci |grep Prism > > > 00:08.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation ISL3890 [Prism > > > GT/Prism Duette]/ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01) > > > > > > So I'm using the prism54 driver (CONFIG_PRISM54). My version of > > > wireless-tools is 29_pre10 and the version of the used firmware is > > > 1.0.4.3. > > > > I noticed you have the mode set to Master, is this intentional? > > > > I've found my Prism54 (which is an older model, but the same firmware) > > requires me to ifconfig up before I can set iwconfig parameters > > correctly. > > Hey, that did it! But now I am a liddle confused. It worked fine before. > Why does it not work while interface is not up? I'm not sure, but I think you've just been lucky. I've had this problem even before prism54 was merged. Some in-tree drivers won't upload the firmware until you ifconfig up them, which obviously means they won't respond adequately to the wireless extension requests. Maybe a bug? > regards and BIG thank No problem. -- Cheers, Alistair. Final year Computer Science undergraduate. 1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.