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Hi, |
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On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:45:26 -0500 Jeff Cranmer |
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<jcranmer01@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > > The card I have is an 8197, not an 8187. I wonder if this is |
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> > > part of the problem. Could it be that the kernel driver does not |
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> > > support the 8197? |
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> [...] |
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> At the moment, I think the key line in dmesg is . |
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> phy0: RF calibration failed! 0 |
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> If I could figure out what this line meant, and what I could do to |
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> fix it, I might be on my way to a potential solution. |
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Well, although you managed to bring it to a point where at least the |
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driver recognized the device, there is still the possibility it won't |
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work anyway. My guess here is that the driver does not fully support |
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your device. Probably, some back end mechanics is different. WLAN cards |
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often consist of separate modules, some of them even being small |
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computers running a firmware. I guess at that point your hardware |
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differs from what the driver supports. |
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Did you find indications on the Web that the 8187 driver should work |
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for the 8197? Or did you chose to try based on the similarity of the |
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two numbers? you might also want to try asking on the driver's mailing |
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list. |
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-hwh |
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