Return-path: Received: from khc.piap.pl ([195.187.100.11]:53844 "EHLO khc.piap.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752752AbXISWv2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:51:28 -0400 To: "Nick Kossifidis" Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: AR5006 - should it work? References: <40f31dec0709190755h5ea62e0cv578f2a5ed0788d80@mail.gmail.com> From: Krzysztof Halasa Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:51:24 +0200 In-Reply-To: <40f31dec0709190755h5ea62e0cv578f2a5ed0788d80@mail.gmail.com> (Nick Kossifidis's message of "Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:55:28 +0300") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: "Nick Kossifidis" writes: > 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-). I don't currently have any AP, just few cards and two IXP425 boxes (and PCI-miniPCI converter). People around here use APs and they easily show up on 5004X. BTW the IXP425 (ARM) CPU is usually in big-endian mode. > 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 Same cards here. > (http://madwifi.org/browser/trunk/tools/ath_info.c) it'll give us more > infos about your hardware ;-) Well... # modprobe ath5k PCI: enabling device 0000:00:0d.0 (0140 -> 0142) # setpci -s d command 0146 # setpci -s d cache_line_size 08 # ath_info -v 0x48000000 #DBG main: sleep_ctl reg 00000000 reset_ctl reg 00000000 (pressed ^C) # ath_info -v 0x48000000 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address e1a00fc0 :-) (rebooting little-endian system) #DBG main: sleep_ctl reg 00000000 reset_ctl reg 00000000 -==Device Information==- MAC Version: 2424 (0xa0) MAC Revision: 5413 (0xa4) 5Ghz PHY Revision: SChip(0x63) 2Ghz PHY Revision: SChip(0x63) -==EEPROM Information==- EEPROM Version: 5.2 EEPROM Size: 16K Regulatory Domain: 0x37 -==== Capabilities ====- | 802.11a Support: yes | | 802.11b Support: yes | | 802.11g Support: yes | | RFKill Support: no | | 32KHz Crystal: no | ======================== GPIO registers: CR 00000000 DO 00000000 DI 00000012 > 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. It works for me as well, 5006X doesn't. Is it possible that a signal which shows as 20/127 on 5004X is too weak for 5006X to be detected by scanning? BTW: on the 5004X I'm connecting the antenna to AUX connector (CM9 card - AUX in the middle), it doesn't work in MAIN (the corner). Should I connect the antenna to AUX (the corner) or to MAIN (middle) on 5006X? Is the antenna selectable? -- Krzysztof Halasa