Re: D-Link DWL-G650+ Cardbus Adapter support for Linux

[Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca>]

Steven Ihde <x-debian-laptop@hamachi.dyndns.org> writes:

> I have a DWL-G650 and it works great with the madwifi driver.  However
> you do need to make sure it's an Atheros chipset.
>
> There is a more "debian" way to build the madwifi modules; see this
> page for details:
>
> http://www.marlow.dk/site.php/tech/madwifi

I've tried this with my DWL-G650, and the module recognizes the card.
But how do I get the pcmcia cardmgr to recognize the card and run
the networking scripts for me?  I tried putting the manfid into 
/etc/pcmcia/config and .../config-2.4, but that didn't help.

Here's what I get in my logs:

Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost kernel: cs: cb_alloc(bus 7): vendor 0x168c, device 0x0013
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost kernel: PCI: Enabling device 07:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost kernel: ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost kernel: ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost kernel: ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 4.6
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost kernel: ath0: 802.11 address: 00:11:95:05:18:47
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost kernel: ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BE traffic
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost kernel: ath0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BK traffic
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost kernel: ath0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost kernel: ath0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost kernel: ath0: Atheros 5212: mem=0x21000000, irq=11
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost cardmgr[12870]: socket 1: CardBus hotplug device
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost pci.agent[14236]:      ath_pci: already loaded
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost pci.agent[14236]:      yenta_socket: already loaded
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost pci.agent[14236]:      3c59x: already loaded
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost pci.agent[14236]:      serial: already loaded
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost pci.agent[14236]:      i810_audio: already loaded
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost pci.agent[14236]:      usb-uhci: blacklisted
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost kernel: uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.28_up.swsusp.6/kernel/drivers/usb/host/uhci.o: init_module: No such device
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost insmod: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.       You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.28_up.swsusp.6/kernel/drivers/usb/host/uhci.o: insmod uhci failed
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost pci.agent[14236]:      uhci: can't be loaded
Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost pci.agent[14236]: missing kernel or user mode driver uhci 

Thanks for any help,

Dan

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Dan Christensen
jdc@uwo.ca