#1978: madwifi driver is showing some warnings when cross compiled for powerpc
pmc5200 board
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Type: task
Status: new | Priority: critical
Component: madwifi: driver | Version: v0.9.4
Keywords: ath_pci,ath_hal | Patch_attached: 0
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am cross compiling madwifi-0.9.4 drivers for my ppc board on the colinux
host environment for the SR5 wlan module.am successfully able to cross
compile for the target ppc running linux-2.4.25 and able to generate the
loadable modules in the respective directories and able load them
successfuly without any problem too.
when i insert the ath_pci module the output i get on my console is
insmod ath_pci.o
wifi0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
wifi0: turboA rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
wifi0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 3.6
wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
but when i hit the command iwconfig i get the output as shown
bash-2.05b# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
wifi0 no wireless extensions.
Warning: Driver for device ath0 has been compiled with version 16
of Wireless Extension, while this program is using version 13.
Some things may be broken...
ath0 IEEE 802.11a ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate:0kb/s Tx-Power:0 dBm Sensitivity=1/0
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
eth0 no wireless extensions
when i look for the accesspoint to connect as am using the Dlinks AP
am unable to scan for the AP and its essid to connect to
bash-2.05b# iwlist ath0 ap
Warning: Driver for device ath0 has been compiled with version 16
of Wireless Extension, while this program is using version 13.
Some things may be broken...
ath0 No Access Point in range
and this is a crucial stage in my project where i got to make it work.
please do help me in this regard or suggest me the mailing list to contact
for getting the help in this regard.
your help in this regard is highly appreciated.
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Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/1978>
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Multiband Atheros Driver for Wireless Fidelity
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