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alex.blackbit
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 Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:30 pm Post subject: p54 "cannot find firmware" |
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hi,
i have a | Code: | | 00:0e.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation ISL3890 [Prism GT/Prism Duette]/ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01) |
and want to use the software p54 driver.
i believe that i have all the necessary options in my kernel (2.6.26-gentoo-r2):- NL80211
- MAC80211
- P54_COMMON
- P54_PCI
i took the <=2.6.28 PCI firmware image (lmac_2.7.0.0.arm) from the prim54 website and put it as "isl3886" under /lib/firmware.
on reboot i got | Code: | 0000:00:0e.0 (prism54pci): cannot find firmware (isl3886)
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:0e.0 disabled
prism54pci: probe of 0000:00:0e.0 failed with error -2 |
what have i done wrong?
any ideas welcome, thanks in advance.
EDIT:
i tried building P54_COMMON and P54_PCI as modules and get | Code: | firmware: requesting isl3886
p54: LM86 firmware
p54: FW rev 2.7.0.0 - Softmac protocol 4.1
0000:00:0e.0 (prism54pci): Cannot read eeprom!
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:0e.0 disabled
prism54pci: probe of 0000:00:0e.0 failed with error -22
Error: Driver 'prism54pci' is already registered, aborting... |
which is a different phenomenon now. ?!?! |
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needlern1
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:01 am Post subject: |
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I'm struggling with getting a prism54 mini-pci card working. I'm about to post my own problem.
| Quote: | | i took the <=2.6.28 PCI firmware image (lmac_2.7.0.0.arm) from the prim54 website and put it as "isl3886" under /lib/firmware. |
You don't mention what kernel version you're currently using, but I note that you downloaded the driver for a kernel equal to or greater than 2.6.28. I think I saw an earlier post of yours that had you with a 2.6.25.x kernel.
You may have downloaded the wrong version.
I note, also, that your Intersil card is an isl3890, as is mine. I do see that your kernel is requesting isl3886. Initially I re-named mine to isl3886, but my kernel-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 requested isl3890. So I re-named mine to isl3890 and it was happier than before.
Hope some of this helps.
Bill
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alex.blackbit
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:55 am Post subject: |
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okay, let's clear some things up.
"<=2.6.28" is of course nonsense.
the choices are: "<=2.6.27 (2.13.1.0.arm)" and ">=2.6.28 (lmac_2.7.0.0.arm)". i have 2.6.26-gentoo-r2.
i took the file lmac_2.7.0.0.arm. is that wrong?
i tried to build the driver(s) as modules and straced the loading. i did not see any open calls on a file in /lib/firmware.
how did you find out that your kernel wanted a file named isl3890?
i will rename the file and reboot. let"s see... |
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alex.blackbit
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:04 am Post subject: |
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i tried with isl3886 and isl3890. same result with in-kernel driver.
i think it is worth trying out building the driver as a module and loading it with isl3890. |
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alex.blackbit
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:26 am Post subject: |
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okay, i always get the same messages in the kernel log except when i have the file "isl3886" and the driver built as a module (Cannot read eeprom!).
what else could i try? |
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needlern1
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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[quote] i have 2.6.26-gentoo-r2. i took the file lmac_2.7.0.0.arm. is that wrong?[quote]
That's the correct firmware.
| Quote: | | how did you find out that your kernel wanted a file named isl3890? |
dmesg
[/code]eth1: resetting device...
eth1: uploading firmware...
eth1: firmware version: 2.7.0.0
eth1: firmware upload complete
Though it does not show now, several re-boots back it did ask for isl3890. Probably when I had it named isl3886.
I've seen another post http://islsm.org/pipermail/users/2007-August/000024.htmlthat indicates the prism54 should be blacklisted, so that it does not load. Thereby, loading the p54 driver. I'm going to figure out how to setup a blacklist file and try it.
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alex.blackbit
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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i do not have the fullmac prism54 driver either as module or in-kernel.
so this shouldn't be an issue. or did you mean something different? |
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needlern1
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OK, some progress made on my end. The blacklist did not work for me, as the prism54 module was already loaded before the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file came up.
For the hell of it I downloaded the 2.13.1.0.arm (for the >=2.6.28 kernel). Renamed it isl3886, moved it to /lib/firmware, backed up the 2.7.0.0.arm version that was already there and rebooted.
dmesg now shows
| Code: | p54: LM86 firmware
p54: FW rev 2.13.1.0 - Softmac protocol 5.5
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
phy0: hwaddr 00:60:b3:1e:c9:d9, isl3890 |
and lsmod
| Code: | p54pci 10560 0
p54common 12096 1 p54pci
rsrc_nonstatic 10816 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 36316 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
pcspkr 2816 0
k8temp 5120 0
hwmon 2656 1 k8temp
mac80211 |
and best of all, iwconfig finally shows a wireless card
| Code: | hb1 ~ # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 |
Now I'm going to see if I can get configured.
I'll be back.
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alex.blackbit
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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| i tried the >=2.6.28 firmware too, "Cannot read eeprom!" |
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alex.blackbit
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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i switched to vanilla-sources-2.6.28-rc6.
now i get | Code: | p54pci 0000:00:0e.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
p54pci 0000:00:0e.0: firmware: requesting isl3886
p54: LM86 firmware
p54: FW rev 2.13.1.0 - Softmac protocol 5.5
p54: unknown eeprom code : 0x1
p54: unknown eeprom code : 0x1007
p54: unknown eeprom code : 0x1008
p54: unknown eeprom code : 0x1100
p54: unknown eeprom code : 0x3
p54: unknown eeprom code : 0x1905
phy0: hwaddr 00:04:e2:80:ee:66, MAC:isl3890 RF:Duette3
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
Adding 979956k swap on /dev/sda2. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:979956k
eth0: Link is down
eth0: Link is up, running at 100Mbit full-duplex
eth1: Link is down
eth1: Link is up, running at 100Mbit full-duplex
p54pci 0000:00:0e.0: firmware: requesting isl3886
p54pci 0000:00:0e.0: firmware: requesting isl3886 |
the "unknown eeprom code" lines are ugly, but at least i get the net device wlan0 | Code: | wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"blackbit"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=-1 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 |
that is better than nothing.
unfortunately i am still not lucky with hostapd (nl80211), but that's a different story. |
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bus_drivr
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| Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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I have one of these working on current gentoo-sources
2.6.32-gentoo-r7
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"Davespace"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:1C:10:9C:32:87
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-1 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
says encryption key off tho ..not able to use iwpriv to set it to on. using wpq2 on router and it connects fine
random david # dmesg | grep p54
[ 7.508482] kobject: 'p54common' (ffffffffa001e560): kobject_add_internal: parent: 'module', set: 'module'
[ 7.559041] kobject: 'holders' (ffff88003b79c990): kobject_add_internal: parent: 'p54common', set: '<NULL>'
[ 7.559161] kobject: 'p54common' (ffffffffa001e560): kobject_uevent_env
[ 7.559203] kobject: 'p54common' (ffffffffa001e560): fill_kobj_path: path = '/module/p54common'
[ 7.559672] kobject: 'notes' (ffff88003b79c550): kobject_add_internal: parent: 'p54common', set: '<NULL>'
[ 7.652288] kobject: 'p54pci' (ffffffffa002e830): kobject_add_internal: parent: 'module', set: 'module'
[ 7.658194] kobject: 'holders' (ffff88003b72ce58): kobject_add_internal: parent: 'p54pci', set: '<NULL>'
[ 7.658255] kobject: 'p54pci' (ffffffffa002e830): kobject_uevent_env
[ 7.658295] kobject: 'p54pci' (ffffffffa002e830): fill_kobj_path: path = '/module/p54pci'
[ 7.661441] kobject: 'notes' (ffff88003b72cbb0): kobject_add_internal: parent: 'p54pci', set: '<NULL>'
[ 7.661673] kobject: 'p54pci' (ffff88003c591b58): kobject_add_internal: parent: 'drivers', set: 'drivers'
[ 7.661790] p54pci 0000:00:09.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 7.661816] p54pci 0000:00:09.0: enabling Mem-Wr-Inval
[ 7.662110] p54pci 0000:00:09.0: firmware: requesting isl3886pci
[ 7.834516] phy0: p54 detected a LM86 firmware
[ 7.834519] p54: rx_mtu reduced from 3240 to 2376
[ 8.586759] p54pci 0000:00:09.0: DMA-API: device driver tries to free an invalid DMA memory address
[ 8.586762] Modules linked in: snd_timer snd_page_alloc k8temp(+) p54pci(+) i2c_viapro p54common floppy
[ 8.586824] [<ffffffffa002d26f>] pci_unmap_single+0x72/0x7b [p54pci]
[ 8.586829] [<ffffffffa002d975>] p54p_check_tx_ring+0x9c/0xd6 [p54pci]
[ 8.586834] [<ffffffffa002da44>] p54p_interrupt+0x95/0x10b [p54pci]
[ 9.822321] p54pci 0000:00:09.0: is registered as 'phy0'
[ 9.825386] kobject: 'drivers' (ffff88003b79c880): kobject_add_internal: parent: 'p54pci', set: '<NULL>'
[ 9.825469] kobject: 'p54pci' (ffff88003c591b58): kobject_uevent_env
[ 9.825510] kobject: 'p54pci' (ffff88003c591b58): fill_kobj_path: path = '/bus/pci/drivers/p54pci'
the line number starting with 8 shows all is not right tho
random david # lspci -v | grep controller
00:09.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation ISL3890 [Prism GT/Prism Duette]/ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01)
00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs CA0106 Soundblaster
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 7
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G73 [GeForce 7600 GS] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
lspci -v | grep SMC
Subsystem: Standard Microsystems Corp [SMC] SMC2802W Wireless PCI Adapter |
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bus_drivr
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| Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:57 am Post subject: |
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15.999570] p54pci 0000:00:09.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 15.999591] p54pci 0000:00:09.0: enabling Mem-Wr-Inval
[ 15.999752] p54pci 0000:00:09.0: firmware: requesting isl3886pci
[ 16.357638] phy0: p54 detected a LM86 firmware
[ 16.357641] p54: rx_mtu reduced from 3240 to 2376
[ 17.271915] p54pci 0000:00:09.0: is registered as 'phy0'
With kernel 2.34.1 |
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bus_drivr
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| Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" provided a firmware-ebuild that worked with the current kernel
Card is SMC 2802W |
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bus_drivr
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| Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:18 am Post subject: |
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david@random ~ $ dmesg | grep p54
p54pci 0000:00:09.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
p54pci 0000:00:09.0: firmware: requesting isl3886pci
phy0: p54 detected a LM86 firmware
p54: rx_mtu reduced from 3240 to 2376
p54pci 0000:00:09.0: is registered as 'phy0'
david@random ~ $ dmesg | grep phy0
phy0: p54 detected a LM86 firmware
phy0: FW rev 2.13.12.0 - Softmac protocol 5.9
phy0: cryptographic accelerator WEP:YES, TKIP:YES, CCMP:YES
phy0: hwaddr xx.xx.xx.xx, MAC:isl3890 RF:Duette3
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel'
p54pci 0000:00:09.0: is registered as 'phy0'
david@random ~ $ |
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