Re: kernel 2.6.19 + Cisco 350 Wireless adapter needs manual config

[Mauro Darida <robertnospam@nonsense.com>]

On Thursday 18 January 2007 21:48, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 20:07:59 +0100, Mauro Darida wrote:
> > On Tuesday 16 January 2007 12:13, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > Then try
> > >
> > > /sbin/ifconfig
> >
> > ifi:~# /sbin/ifconfig
> > eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:46:90:DC:AA
> >           UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> >           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> >           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> >           Interrupt:10 Base address:0x8800
> >
> > lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
> >           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
> >           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
> >           RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >           TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> >           RX bytes:800 (800.0 b)  TX bytes:800 (800.0 b)
>
> [ It would help if you kept the other relevant information in the
>   thread. How are people supposed to help you if they do not know the
>   context of this message? ]
>
> I assume that eth0 is not the Cisco wireless adapter. Check if you can
> see the Cisco adapter with "ls -l /sys/class/net/". If no device is
> created even after you do "modprobe airo" then something is probably
> broken with your udev. Did you restore /etc/udev and /etc/hotplug like I
> suggested in my earlier mail?
Yes, for udev. I repeat that hotplug is not installable because it conflicts 
with udev. If I install hotplug it removes udev and vice-versa.
Further testing reveals that the debian kernel 2.6.18-3 gives the same results 
and the cisco card remains idle and no device is created even after modprobe 
airo.
I managed to make the cisco card to work, as previously said, only with my 
2.6.19.1 enabling the deprecated ioctl pcmcia interface, which gives the odd 
device name "eth2_rename" (after some minutes) which then I need to configure 
manually, which is unsatisfactory.
If the ioctl pcmcia is not enabled, then no device is created.

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