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From: Pupeno <pupeno@××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Problems with madwifi
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 03:57:22
Message-Id: 200508170053.04564.pupeno@pupeno.com
1 Hello,
2 I have an IBM wifi card that has an Atheros chipset that was working perfectly
3 with the madwifi driver untill the update that happened recently, now it is a
4 big mess.
5 When I plug it in or at boot if it is plugged in when coldplugging pnp devices
6 I got somethig like:
7
8 PREEMPT
9 Modules linked in: md5 ipv6 pcmcia tsdev ohci_hcd parport_pc parport floppy
10 psmouse rtc pcspkr yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core tg3 snd_intel8x0
11 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc i2c_i801
12 i2c_core piix shpchp pci_hotplug ehci_hcd uhci_hcd intelfb intel_agp agpgart
13 evdev usbcore aes_i586 dm_crypt ath_pci ath_rate_sample ath_rate_onoe
14 ath_rate_amrr wlan_xauth wlan_wep wlan_tkip wlan_ccmp wlan_acl wlan ath_hal
15 ibm_acpi thermal processor fan button battery ac loop dm_mod ide_cd cdrom
16 nls_utf8 nls_base
17 CPU: 0
18 EIP: 0060:[<f01436a0>] Tainted: P VLI
19 EFLAGS: 00010246 (2.6.12-suspend2-r4)
20 EIP is at ath_rate_ctl_reset+0xd0/0x470 [ath_rate_sample]
21 eax: 00000000 ebx: ee300800 ecx: ec62c000 edx: 00000000
22 esi: 70007972 edi: 00000000 ebp: ee300800 esp: ed8e5cc8
23 ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068
24 Process pccardd (pid: 6197, threadinfo=ed8e4000 task=ef3db020)
25 Stack: c034e946 ed8e5d10 00000046 ef22ca40 c042ff10 000f4bd1 ef22ca40 ef22ca40
26 4145c780 000f4bd1 000d9038 4145c780 000f4bd1 ef22ca40 ee3009fc ec62c620
27 ec62c000 ee300800 f01a1490 ee300ff8 ec62c000 f01a242b ec62c000 ee300800
28 Call Trace:
29 [<c034e946>] schedule+0x336/0x620
30 [<f01a1490>] ath_key_update_begin+0x0/0x70 [ath_pci]
31 [<f01a242b>] ath_node_alloc+0x9b/0xc0 [ath_pci]
32 [<f01a1490>] ath_key_update_begin+0x0/0x70 [ath_pci]
33 [<f0189f93>] ieee80211_node_lateattach+0x13/0xe0 [wlan]
34 [<f01a1490>] ath_key_update_begin+0x0/0x70 [ath_pci]
35 [<f0183a9f>] ieee80211_media_init+0x1f/0x4a0 [wlan]
36 [<f01a198c>] ath_setslottime+0x2c/0x50 [ath_pci]
37 [<f018453f>] ieee80211_watchdog+0x5f/0x90 [wlan]
38 [<f0183699>] ieee80211_ifattach+0x159/0x2e0 [wlan]
39 [<f01a1500>] ath_key_update_end+0x0/0x70 [ath_pci]
40 [<f01a1490>] ath_key_update_begin+0x0/0x70 [ath_pci]
41 [<f0189f93>] ieee80211_node_lateattach+0x13/0xe0 [wlan]
42 [<f01a1490>] ath_key_update_begin+0x0/0x70 [ath_pci]
43 [<f0183a9f>] ieee80211_media_init+0x1f/0x4a0 [wlan]
44 [<f01a198c>] ath_setslottime+0x2c/0x50 [ath_pci]
45 [<f018453f>] ieee80211_watchdog+0x5f/0x90 [wlan]
46 [<f0183699>] ieee80211_ifattach+0x159/0x2e0 [wlan]
47 [<f01a1500>] ath_key_update_end+0x0/0x70 [ath_pci]
48 [<f01a1490>] ath_key_update_begin+0x0/0x70 [ath_pci]
49 [<f019f889>] ath_attach+0x889/0xb00 [ath_pci]
50 [<f01a0b40>] ath_media_change+0x0/0x40 [ath_pci]
51 [<f0184360>] ieee80211_media_status+0x0/0x180 [wlan]
52 [<f01a6656>] ath_pci_probe+0x226/0x3e0 [ath_pci]
53 [<c025b162>] pci_device_probe_static+0x52/0x70
54 [<c025b1bc>] __pci_device_probe+0x3c/0x50
55 [<c025b1fc>] pci_device_probe+0x2c/0x50
56
57 if I try to connect I get:
58
59 # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start
60 * Starting ath0
61 * Bringing up ath0
62 * Configuration not set for ath0 - assuming dhcp
63 * dhcp
64 * ath0 does not exist
65
66 in some cases I just get: failed to connect.
67 Checking a bit more, ath0 doesn't exist, and I can't even see it on lspci.
68
69 When I unplug it, I get a kernel panic.
70
71 I am loading the modules:
72 ath_hal
73 wlan
74 wlan_acl
75 wlan_ccmp
76 wlan_tkip
77 wlan_wep
78 wlan_xauth
79 ath_rate_amrr
80 ath_rate_onoe
81 ath_pci
82 at boot thru /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6.
83
84 Any ideas what is going on ? Am I doing something wrong ?
85
86 Thank you.
87 --
88 Pupeno <pupeno@××××××.com> (http://pupeno.com)
89 Reading ? Science Fiction ? http://sfreaders.com.ar

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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with madwifi Robert Crawford <flacycads@×××.net>