Re: Getting an Aironet to work

[m96 <m96@gmx.li>]

Francois Gouget wrote:
> 
>    I'm trying to get an Aironet PC 340 wireless card to work with my
> kernel 2.4.3-ac6. But I get the following error:

i thought the module for this card is not in the 2.4.x kernel. so i'm
using the pcmcia-cs package and build the modules from it. and
everything works just fine.

> 
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> Apr 17 15:50:15 oleron cardmgr[164]: executing: 'modprobe aironet4500_cs'
> Apr 17 15:50:16 oleron cardmgr[164]: get dev info on socket 0
> failed: Resource temporarily unavailable
> --- cut here ---
> 
>    Is it that there's a problem with this driver or is my config wrong?
> I also have a 3Com 3c589 card which works fine. Do I have to remove the
> ethernet card to get the wireless one to work? Do I have to do something
> specific to handle this situation?
>    Any help would be very appreciated.
> 
>    More info for the couragous: the only change I did in
> /etc/pcmcia/config is this:
> 
> --- cut here ---
> device "aironet_cs"
>   class "network" module "aironet4500_cs"
> 
> card "Aironet PC4500"
>   manfid 0x015f, 0x0005
>   bind "aironet_cs"
> 
> card "Aironet PC4800"
>   manfid 0x015f, 0x0007
>   bind "aironet_cs"
> --- cut here ---
> 
> kernel: Linux version 2.4.3-ac6 (root@oleron) (gcc version 2.95.3
> 20010315 (Debian release)) #1 Sun Apr 15 01:24:52 PDT 2001
> pcmcia-cs: 3.1.8-16
> 
>    Here the full log of what happens when I insert the wireless card:
> 
> --- cut here ---
> Apr 17 15:50:15 oleron cardmgr[164]: initializing socket 0
> Apr 17 15:50:15 oleron cardmgr[164]: socket 0: Aironet PC4800
> Apr 17 15:50:15 oleron cardmgr[164]: executing: 'insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-ac6/pcmcia/aironet4500_cs.o'
> Apr 17 15:50:15 oleron cardmgr[164]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-ac6/pcmcia/aironet4500_cs.o: unresolved symbol aironet4500_devices_Rfd398724
> Apr 17 15:50:15 oleron cardmgr[164]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-ac6/pcmcia/aironet4500_cs.o: unresolved symbol awc_proc_set_fun_R351dd299
> Apr 17 15:50:15 oleron cardmgr[164]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-ac6/pcmcia/aironet4500_cs.o: unresolved symbol awc_get_stats_Re4366456
> Apr 17 15:50:15 oleron cardmgr[164]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-ac6/pcmcia/aironet4500_cs.o: unresolved symbol awc_open_R8581c919
> Apr 17 15:50:15 oleron cardmgr[164]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-ac6/pcmcia/aironet4500_cs.o: unresolved symbol awc_interrupt_R522d7186
> Apr 17 15:50:15 oleron cardmgr[164]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-ac6/pcmcia/aironet4500_cs.o: unresolved symbol awc_debug_R979be8a2
> Apr 17 15:50:15 oleron cardmgr[164]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-ac6/pcmcia/aironet4500_cs.o: unresolved symbol awc_close_R92de7d26
> Apr 17 15:50:15 oleron cardmgr[164]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-ac6/pcmcia/aironet4500_cs.o: unresolved symbol awc_init_Re210ddf0
> Apr 17 15:50:15 oleron cardmgr[164]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-ac6/pcmcia/aironet4500_cs.o: unresolved symbol awc_start_xmit_Rde5d794f
> Apr 17 15:50:15 oleron cardmgr[164]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-ac6/pcmcia/aironet4500_cs.o: unresolved symbol awc_private_init_R07fdb24d
> Apr 17 15:50:15 oleron cardmgr[164]: +
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-ac6/pcmcia/aironet4500_cs.o: unresolved symbol awc_proc_unset_fun_Ra0ec790c
> Apr 17 15:50:15 oleron cardmgr[164]: insmod exited with status 1
> Apr 17 15:50:15 oleron cardmgr[164]: executing: 'modprobe aironet4500_cs'
> Apr 17 15:50:16 oleron cardmgr[164]: get dev info on socket 0
> failed: Resource temporarily unavailable
> --- cut here ---
> 
> --
> Francois Gouget         fgouget@free.fr        http://fgouget.free.fr/
>                   Hiroshima '45 - Czernobyl '86 - Windows '95
> 
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