2.6.25-2-amd64 and rt61pci

[Pierre Meurisse <pierre.meurisse@laposte.net>]

Hi !

I'm trying to run a WMP54G Linksys wifi-pci card on my Athlon-XP 3500+ machine.

With sid and 2.6.25-2-amd64, I get at boot :

rt2x00lib_request_firmware : Error failed to request firmware

and I can't get my card working.


lspci -vv :
05:07.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
        Subsystem: Linksys Device 0055
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
        Region 0: Memory at d2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Kernel driver in use: rt61pci
        Kernel modules: rt61pci


pier@da64sid~% sudo modinfo rt61pci
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.25-2-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko
license:        GPL
firmware:       rt2661.bin
firmware:       rt2561s.bin
firmware:       rt2561.bin
description:    Ralink RT61 PCI & PCMCIA Wireless LAN driver.
version:        2.0.14
author:         http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
srcversion:     E5D300CD8B0DC282934936E
alias:          pci:v00001814d00000401sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001814d00000302sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001814d00000301sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:        rt2x00lib,rt2x00pci,eeprom_93cx6
vermagic:       2.6.25-2-amd64 SMP mod_unload
pier@da64sid~%

pier@da64sid~% uname -a
Linux da64sid 2.6.25-2-amd64 #1 SMP Tue May 27 12:45:24 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
pier@da64sid~%



But with lenny and 2.6.24-1-amd64 kernel, my card works perfectly.

pier@da64~% sudo uname -a
Linux da64 2.6.24-1-amd64 #1 SMP Sat May 10 09:28:10 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
pier@da64~%


pier@da64~% sudo modinfo rt61pci
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.24-1-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko
license:        GPL
firmware:       rt2661.bin
firmware:       rt2561s.bin
firmware:       rt2561.bin
description:    Ralink RT61 PCI & PCMCIA Wireless LAN driver.
version:        2.0.10
author:         http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
srcversion:     D71C36F67F7A0F8B005A78F
alias:          pci:v00001814d00000401sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001814d00000302sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001814d00000301sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:        rt2x00lib,rt2x00pci,mac80211,eeprom_93cx6
vermagic:       2.6.24-1-amd64 SMP mod_unload



The 2.0.10 rt61pci driver works with my card, and the 2.0.14 doesn't any more.

I did not find anything relevant in the debian bug tracking system.

Shall I send a report to BTS ? to serialmonkey.com ? both ?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

-- 
Pierre Meurisse