Re: prism54

[Dalibor Straka <dast@panelnet.cz>]

On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 08:23:46AM +0100, Luis Fernando Llana Díaz wrote:
> Hello,
> I am trying to install a 3Com Wireless card. I do know that the required 
> module is prism54 because it do works in another computer (also running 
> debian sarge), it also works when booting from a knoppix CD in the computer I 
> am trying to install.
> I have used several kernels: the one in from the sarge distro, the one from 
> the debian ropository kernel-image-2.6.10-1-686, and another one compiled 
> (2.6.11.5) by my self with the direcyives indicated in
> http://prism54.org/phpwiki?pagename=Prism54%20Debian%20HowTo
> 
> I do not know what is happening, it seems that it does not even try to load 
> the firmware:
> Code:
> 
> salon:/etc/hotplug# modprobe -v prism54
> salon:~# modprobe -v prism54
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.11.5/kernel/drivers/base/firmware_class.ko
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.11.5/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/prism54.ko
> salon:~# Mar 23 08:15:55 salon kernel: device class 'firmware': registering
> Mar 23 08:15:55 salon kernel: Loaded prism54 driver, version 1.2
> Mar 23 08:15:55 salon kernel: bus pci: add driver prism54
> Mar 23 08:15:55 salon kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 
> (level, low) -> IRQ 177
> Mar 23 08:15:55 salon kernel: CLASS: registering class device: ID = 'eth2'
> Mar 23 08:15:55 salon kernel: class_hotplug - name = eth2
> Mar 23 08:15:55 salon kernel: bound device '0000:02:00.0' to driver 'prism54'
> 

And it should work as eth2 ;-). I had once problem with loading a
firmware, but hotplug package from sid fixed it. As far as i remember
i didn't have firmware.agent. What does iwconfig eth2 say?

-- Dalibor Straka