Return-path: Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.178]:8731 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753618AbXISOza (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:55:30 -0400 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so425988pyb for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:55:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <40f31dec0709190755h5ea62e0cv578f2a5ed0788d80@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:55:28 +0300 From: "Nick Kossifidis" To: "Krzysztof Halasa" Subject: Re: AR5006 - should it work? Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 References: Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2007/9/18, Krzysztof Halasa : > Hi, > > I'm trying to use AR5006* mini-PCI cards with no success - should > I expect them to work with madwifi ath5k branch and/or > linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-dev.git ath5k branch on kernel.org? > > AR5004X seems to work fine. > > Don't work: > ENGENIUS EMP-8602(+) 400 mW a/b/g AR5413 rev 1.0 and 1.1 > AR5006X PCI ID 168c:001b 168c:2063 > > SparkLAN WMIA-166AG a/b/g AR5414A > AR5006XS PCI ID 168c:001b 17f9:000d > > Testing with: > # modprobe ath5k > # ifconfig wlan0 up > # iwlist wlan0 scan > > wlan0 No scan results > > Are you sure 5413 didn't work ? (it has poor signal quality etc, perhaps you can try getting closer to the AP -just for testing-). Because it worked for me, i haven't tested 5414. We know we don't initialize single-chip radios the right way but we are working on it... That's the card i've tested... --- 02:09.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006X 802.11abg NIC (rev 01) Subsystem: Atheros Communications, Inc. EnGenius EMP-8602 (400mw) or Compex WLM54AG Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11 Memory at ee010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 --- 168c:001b (rev 01) Subsystem: 168c:2063 --- Can you try ath_info tool ? (http://madwifi.org/browser/trunk/tools/ath_info.c) it'll give us more infos about your hardware ;-) > madwifi.org ath5k dmesg (with 2.6.22 kernel, EMP-8602): > ath5k: MAC revision: 5413 (0xa4) > ath5k: PHY revision: SChip (0x63) > ath5k: EEPROM version: 5.2 > wmaster0: Selected rate control algorithm 'simple' > > John's git repository (2.6.23-current, EMP-8602): > wmaster0: Selected rate control algorithm 'simple' > ath_pci 0000:00:0d.0: AR5212 chip found: mac 10.10 phy 6.1 > > This is ARM-based system (Intel IXP425) but just tried with > AMD64 (madwifi ath5k only) - results are the same. > ath5k branch on madwifi.org is more up-to-date we'll soon commit changes back > AR5004X based card shows few devices in the neighbourhood, max > signal ~ 20/127. AR5004X series worked ok in all of my tests, i guess that if you try with the binary HAL (madwifi driver) you'll get the same results. -- GPG ID: 0xD21DB2DB As you read this post global entropy rises. Have Fun ;-) Nick