madwifi worked, now doesn't.

FcukThisGame · l33t Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 776 Location: /lost+found

I'm using the newest version of madwfi-ng and tools (0.9.3.3) and the newest gentoo sources. I haven't upgraded my kernel, and I'd had it working, rebooted, and ath0 doesn't exist any more.

I've re-emerged both madwifi-ng packages, without any help. i modprobe ath_pci autocreate=ap and iwconfig and my initscript both tell me that ath0 does not exist. And to "Please verify hardware or kernel module (driver)

Leading me to believe it's my kernel. I looked through the wireless section, and nothing mentioned atheros, madwifi, only really saw prism and hostap.

Do I /what do i need to set in my config for my atheros card to work?

Thanks
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FcukThisGame · l33t Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 776 Location: /lost+found

BUMP

more searching and snooping brings me to a few interesting items

dmesg | grep ath_pci yields:

ath_pci: no version for "ieee80211_encap" found: kernel tainted.

I don't like to hear that my kernel is tainted.

I've also got six lines that say: "ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol struct_module"

I read somewhere to cd /usr/src/linux && make modules_install and then reinstall madwifi-ng. I'm in the process of this now.

EDIT: make'd modules_install and reemerged madwifi-ng and still no dice. Errors inserting ath_pci and ath_hal

dmesg | grep ath_hal yields: ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.

What is that supposed to mean and, more importantly, how do I fix it?
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richard.scott · Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:54 pm Post subject:

I've found that madwfi-ng and tools (0.9.3.3) doesn't seem to work well with a 2.6.22 kernel.

Downgrading to madwfi-ng 0.9.3.1 was the only fix for me :oops:

i'm since trying to install a 2.6.20 kernel and test to see if it works with the 0.9.3.3 code

EDIT: I believe that the "module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel" is nothing to worry about. It just means that madwifi code could have parts that are released under a different license type to that for the kernel.

EDIT(2): ok, I've just tried the 0.9.3.3 code with a 2.6.20 kernel and its also hung :-(

FcukThisGame · l33t Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 776 Location: /lost+found

Downgraded to 0.9.3.1 and I still get the same errors.

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richard.scott · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject:

Do you have wireless extensions activated in the kernel?