I am not sure about if 3.8.x kernel support marvel 8797 . In my previous experience , when "ifconfig -a" show nothing about your adapter , try another newer version driver
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable/ maybe you can try compat-wireless hope its be useful 2014-09-27 10:35 GMT+08:00 Brent <brent...@hotmail.com>: > Anyone have any ideas what else I could try? I'll try to contact the > manufacturer, but have a feeling that won't go very far... > > > On Monday, September 22, 2014 10:13:13 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: >> >> Here is what I get when I run 'ip addr': >> [root@alarm ~]# ip addr >> 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group >> default >> link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 >> inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo >> inet6 ::1/128 scope host >> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever >> 2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast >> state DOWN group default qlen 1000 >> link/ether c8:a0:30:ac:e3:19 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff >> >> I'm not sure if the driver needs ndiswrapper or not... how do I tell? I >> did find the following website, but looks like it's for Ubuntu. >> http://askubuntu.com/questions/257600/marvells- >> wireless-driver-not-recognized >> >> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 9:31 PM, Don deJuan <donjuans...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On 09/22/2014 06:15 PM, Brent wrote: >>> >>> Also, other USB to WiFi adapters work just fine. For example, I have >>> one that uses the rtl8192cu driver, and this one creates a wlan0 interface >>> automatically. Any ideas what would be causing this? >>> >>> On Monday, September 22, 2014 7:49:37 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: >>>> >>>> I have not done anything with udev yet... I read through the Wireless >>>> netwrok configuration wiki, but didn't see anywhere on how to create the >>>> interface. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_confi >>>> guration#Interface_activation >>>> >>>> I'm starting to read the wiki on udev, but is that too general, or do >>>> you know of something else I should be looking at? >>>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/udev >>>> >>>> ip addr only lists eth0 and lo. >>>> >>>> [root@alarm ~]# ip addr >>>> 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN >>>> group default >>>> link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 >>>> inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo >>>> inet6 ::1/128 scope host >>>> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever >>>> 2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast >>>> state DOWN group default qlen 1000 >>>> link/ether c8:a0:30:ac:e3:19 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Don deJuan <> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 09/22/2014 02:25 PM, Brent wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'm having trouble getting the wlan0 interface to show up for a >>>>> Marvell 8797 USB to WiFi chip, and it seems like everything should be >>>>> working. I'm running Arch Linux Arm, 3.8.13 kernel, and have verified >>>>> that >>>>> the modules are loaded correctly, and that it recognizes the device, but >>>>> still no wlan0 interface. I also verified that the firmware is indeed in >>>>> the /lib/firmware/mrvl/ directory. Am I missing something obvious? >>>>> >>>>> Here is my output from dmesg, lsmod, and modinfo. >>>>> >>>>> [ 15.321430] usb usb1: usb wakeup-resume >>>>> [ 15.321482] usb usb1: usb auto-resume >>>>> [ 15.321503] hub 1-0:1.0: hub_resume >>>>> [ 15.321551] hub 1-0:1.0: port 1: status 0101 change 0001 >>>>> [ 15.424482] hub 1-0:1.0: state 7 ports 1 chg 0002 evt 0000 >>>>> [ 15.424547] hub 1-0:1.0: port 1, status 0101, change 0000, 12 Mb/s >>>>> [ 15.529900] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using >>>>> musb-hdrc >>>>> [ 15.650300] usb 1-1: default language 0x0409 >>>>> [ 15.651367] usb 1-1: udev 2, busnum 1, minor = 1 >>>>> [ 15.651387] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1286, >>>>> idProduct=2043 >>>>> [ 15.651399] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, >>>>> SerialNumber=3 >>>>> [ 15.651410] usb 1-1: Product: Marvell Wireless Device >>>>> [ 15.651420] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Marvell >>>>> [ 15.651430] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 0000000000000000 >>>>> [ 15.651958] usb 1-1: usb_probe_device >>>>> [ 15.651978] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice >>>>> [ 15.655328] usb 1-1: adding 1-1:1.0 (config #1, interface 0) >>>>> [ 15.656222] hub 1-0:1.0: state 7 ports 1 chg 0000 evt 0002 >>>>> [ 15.656269] hub 1-0:1.0: port 1 enable change, status 00000503 >>>>> [ 15.787448] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain >>>>> [ 15.811632] usb8797 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface >>>>> [ 15.811661] usb8797 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id >>>>> [ 15.820715] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb8797 >>>>> >>>>> [root@alarm ~]# ifconfig -a >>>>> eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >>>>> inet 10.54.183.74 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast >>>>> 10.54.183.255 >>>>> inet6 fe80::caa0:30ff:feac:e319 prefixlen 64 scopeid >>>>> 0x20<link> >>>>> ether c8:a0:30:ac:e3:19 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) >>>>> RX packets 11697 bytes 1387285 (1.3 MiB) >>>>> RX errors 0 dropped 12 overruns 0 frame 0 >>>>> TX packets 1117 bytes 148026 (144.5 KiB) >>>>> TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 >>>>> device interrupt 40 >>>>> >>>>> lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536 >>>>> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 >>>>> inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host> >>>>> loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback) >>>>> RX packets 186 bytes 14214 (13.8 KiB) >>>>> RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 >>>>> TX packets 186 bytes 14214 (13.8 KiB) >>>>> TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 >>>>> >>>>> [root@alarm ~]# lsmod >>>>> Module Size Used by >>>>> mwifiex_usb 8870 0 >>>>> mwifiex 123902 1 mwifiex_usb >>>>> cfg80211 421700 1 mwifiex >>>>> rfkill 18407 1 cfg80211 >>>>> omap_rng 4599 0 >>>>> autofs4 21976 2 >>>>> >>>>> [root@alarm ~]# modinfo mwifiex_usb >>>>> filename: /lib/modules/3.8.13-34-ARCH/ke >>>>> rnel/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/mwifiex_usb.ko.gz >>>>> firmware: mrvl/usb8797_uapsta.bin >>>>> license: GPL v2 >>>>> version: 1.0 >>>>> description: Marvell WiFi-Ex USB Driver version1.0 >>>>> author: Marvell International Ltd. >>>>> srcversion: 430F2EB6A43396FC9E1AE01 >>>>> alias: usb:v1286p2044d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFiscFFipFFin* >>>>> alias: usb:v1286p2043d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in* >>>>> depends: mwifiex >>>>> intree: Y >>>>> vermagic: 3.8.13-34-ARCH SMP mod_unload modversions ARMv7 p2v8 >>>>> [root@alarm ~]# >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>> send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Forgot to state use ip to find out your interface name. >>>>> >>>>> man ip >>>>> >>>>> ip addr >>>>> -- >>>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>>> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/to >>>>> pic/beagleboard/duUM8Ezv7Kc/unsubscribe. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>>> beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -brent >>>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> OK then that means they setup the udev rule on BBBs still I couldnt >>> remember have not done a fresh install in awhile. >>> >>> what do you get with `ip addr` >>> >>> ifconfig is depreciated you should get use to ip with Arch. >>> >>> Is this a driver that needs ndiswrapper? 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