#810: wlanconfig: ioctl: Input/output error
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: reopened
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: madwifi: other | Version: trunk
Resolution: | Keywords:
Patch_attached: 0 |
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Comment (by [EMAIL PROTECTED]):
dmesg on "modprobe ath_pci autocreate=sta"
(this output is identical to just plain "modprobe ath_pci")
{{{
Dec 25 14:01:14 genesis2 bash: HISTORY: PID=5294 UID=0 modprobe ath_pci
autocreate=sta
Dec 25 14:01:14 genesis2 ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212,
RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
Dec 25 14:01:14 genesis2 wlan: 0.8.4.2 (0.9.3)
Dec 25 14:01:14 genesis2 ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.3)
Dec 25 14:01:16 genesis2 ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.3)
Dec 25 14:01:16 genesis2 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:04.0[A] -> GSI 20
(level, low) -> IRQ 20
Dec 25 14:01:16 genesis2 wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
Dec 25 14:01:16 genesis2 wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
Dec 25 14:01:16 genesis2 wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM
TKIP
Dec 25 14:01:16 genesis2 wifi0: mac 7.8 phy 4.5 radio 5.6
Dec 25 14:01:16 genesis2 wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
Dec 25 14:01:16 genesis2 wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
Dec 25 14:01:16 genesis2 wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
Dec 25 14:01:16 genesis2 wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
Dec 25 14:01:16 genesis2 wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
Dec 25 14:01:16 genesis2 wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
Dec 25 14:01:16 genesis2 couldn't load module 'wlan_scan_sta' (-38)
Dec 25 14:01:16 genesis2 unable to load wlan_scan_sta
Dec 25 14:01:16 genesis2 wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xc0200000, irq=20
Dec 25 14:01:16 genesis2 ivman: New Device:
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_16_e3_31_87_cb
Dec 25 14:01:16 genesis2 ivman:
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_16_e3_31_87_cb wasn't mounted, by us
or by others...
Dec 25 14:01:16 genesis2 ivman: New Device:
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_16_e3_31_87_cb_0
Dec 25 14:01:16 genesis2 ivman:
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_16_e3_31_87_cb_0 wasn't mounted, by us
or by others...
}}}
iwconfig:
{{{
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wifi0 no wireless extensions.
ath0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:0 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
}}}
ifconfig:
{{{
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:D1:40:45:56
inet addr:31.3.3.72 Bcast:31.3.3.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:5907 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3063 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:7823928 (7.4 Mb) TX bytes:252681 (246.7 Kb)
Interrupt:20 Base address:0xa000
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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
}}}
then ifconfig again after "ifconfig wifi0 up && ifconfig ath0 up"
{{{
ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:E3:31:87:CB
UP BROADCAST RUNNING 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:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:D1:40:45:56
inet addr:31.3.3.72 Bcast:31.3.3.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:5957 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3101 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:7827852 (7.4 Mb) TX bytes:258069 (252.0 Kb)
Interrupt:20 Base address:0xa000
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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-16-E3-31-87-CB-4B-A9-00-00-00-00-
00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:20 Memory:ed2e0000-ed2f0000
}}}
Also here is some of my "modinfo ath_pci"
{{{
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.19-beyond1/net/ath_pci.ko
author: Errno Consulting, Sam Leffler
description: Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards.
version: 0.9.3
license: Dual BSD/GPL
vermagic: 2.6.19-beyond1 mod_unload PENTIUMM REGPARM
depends: ath_hal,ath_rate_sample,wlan
}}}
Hopefully this documentation helps... Let me know guys. :-)
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Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/810>
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