Re: rt2500usb
Am Samstag, 3. Januar 2009 schrieb Ivo van Doorn:
> On Friday 02 January 2009, Rainer Dorsch wrote:
> > Am Freitag, 2. Januar 2009 schrieb Ivo van Doorn:
> > > On Wednesday 31 December 2008, Rainer Dorsch wrote:
> > > > Ivo,
> > > >
> > > > I am testing an
> > > >
> > > > blackbox:~# lsusb |grep Link
> > > > Bus 008 Device 002: ID 2001:3c00 D-Link Corp. [hex] DWL-G122 802.11g
> > > > rev. B1 [ralink]
> > > > blackbox:~#
> > > >
> > > > on a Debian Lenny system (to be released as Debian 5.0 very soon).
> > > >
> > > > Lenny comes with an 2.6.26.8 kernel.
> > > >
> > > > I get lots of timeouts in when I try to connect to the AP. I found
> > > > your commit
> > > >
> > > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=co
> > > >mmit ;h=d06193f311102b2c990ec5f66b470ea49ecc73a4
> > > >
> > > > though I can not (I have not yet enough git expertise) tell, if that
> > > > commit went into 2.6.26.8. If not that would probably explain the
> > > > problem I see.
> > >
> > > According tohttp://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27
> > > the patch went into 2.6.27 so that means it probably won't be present
> > > in the 2.6.26 kernel series.
> >
> > Many thanks for the quick reply. With a 2.6.27 kernel (which is
> > unfortunately not in the upcoming Debian lenny release) the timeouts went
> > away and the stick worked flawless.
> >
> > From you commit comments, I get the impression that applying the patch to
> > a 2.6.26 kernel should be pretty save. Do you think the patch can break
> > anything when applied to a 2.6.26 kernel, is the risk of unexpected side
> > effects very low?
>
> No, the patch shoul be very save to be applied to 2.6.26.
>
Ivo,
even with the patch
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit ;h=d06193f311102b2c990ec5f66b470ea49ecc73a4
my rt2570 is still dead on a Debian 2.6.26 kernel, whereas it works flawless
on a Debian 2.6.27 kernel on the same machine. Is there anything else you
could imagine which should be patched?
lsusb output:
Bus 008 Device 004: ID 2001:3c00 D-Link Corp. [hex] DWL-G122 802.11g rev. B1
[ralink]
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x2001 D-Link Corp. [hex]
idProduct 0x3c00 DWL-G122 802.11g rev. B1 [ralink]
bcdDevice 0.01
iManufacturer 1
iProduct 2
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 32
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 300mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
can't get device qualifier: Operation not permitted
can't get debug descriptor: Operation not permitted
cannot read device status, Operation not permitted (1)
syslog for 2.6.26 with patch:
Jan 18 18:07:53 blackbox kernel: [ 686.402861] usb 8-2: new high speed USB
device using ehci_hcd and address 4
Jan 18 18:07:53 blackbox kernel: [ 686.811833] usb 8-2: configuration #1
chosen from 1 choice
Jan 18 18:07:53 blackbox kernel: [ 686.922369] phy2: Selected rate control
algorithm 'pid'
Jan 18 18:07:53 blackbox kernel: [ 686.922369] Registered led device:
rt2500usb-phy2:radio
Jan 18 18:07:53 blackbox kernel: [ 686.925175] usb 8-2: New USB device found,
idVendor=2001, idProduct=3c00
Jan 18 18:07:53 blackbox kernel: [ 686.925178] usb 8-2: New USB device
strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Jan 18 18:07:53 blackbox kernel: [ 686.925180] usb 8-2: Product: 802.11g WLAN
Adapter
Jan 18 18:07:53 blackbox kernel: [ 686.925181] usb 8-2: Manufacturer: ANI
Jan 18 18:07:53 blackbox kernel: [ 687.131725] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0:
link is not ready
Jan 18 18:07:54 blackbox dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client
V3.1.1
Jan 18 18:07:54 blackbox dhclient: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems
Consortium.
Jan 18 18:07:54 blackbox dhclient: All rights reserved.
Jan 18 18:07:54 blackbox dhclient: For info, please visit
http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
Jan 18 18:07:54 blackbox dhclient:
Jan 18 18:07:54 blackbox dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Jan 18 18:07:55 blackbox kernel: [ 689.060811] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
Jan 18 18:07:55 blackbox kernel: [ 689.060815] wlan0: authenticate with AP
00:18:4d:89:3f:38
Jan 18 18:07:55 blackbox dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Jan 18 18:07:55 blackbox dhclient: Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:13:46:98:2b:fd
Jan 18 18:07:55 blackbox dhclient: Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:13:46:98:2b:fd
Jan 18 18:07:55 blackbox dhclient: Sending on Socket/fallback
Jan 18 18:07:55 blackbox kernel: [ 689.301771] wlan0: authenticate with AP
00:18:4d:89:3f:38
Jan 18 18:07:55 blackbox dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255
port 67
Jan 18 18:07:56 blackbox kernel: [ 689.503095] wlan0: authenticate with AP
00:18:4d:89:3f:38
Jan 18 18:07:56 blackbox kernel: [ 689.703488] wlan0: authentication with AP
00:18:4d:89:3f:38 timed out
Jan 18 18:08:00 blackbox dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255
port 67
Jan 18 18:08:05 blackbox dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255
port 67
Jan 18 18:08:06 blackbox kernel: [ 700.583261] wlan0: authentication frame
received from 00:18:4d:89:3f:38, but not in authenticate state - ignored
Jan 18 18:08:06 blackbox kernel: [ 700.586759] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
Jan 18 18:08:06 blackbox kernel: [ 700.586763] wlan0: authenticate with AP
00:18:4d:89:3f:38
Jan 18 18:08:06 blackbox kernel: [ 700.594015] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
Jan 18 18:08:06 blackbox kernel: [ 700.594020] wlan0: authenticate with AP
00:18:4d:89:3f:38
Jan 18 18:08:06 blackbox kernel: [ 700.790672] wlan0: authenticate with AP
00:18:4d:89:3f:38
Jan 18 18:08:06 blackbox kernel: [ 700.990680] wlan0: authenticate with AP
00:18:4d:89:3f:38
Jan 18 18:08:07 blackbox kernel: [ 701.190669] wlan0: authentication with AP
00:18:4d:89:3f:38 timed out
Thanks,
Rainer
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