http://linuxwimax.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9



On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 07:46 -0800, Brandon Dell wrote:
>    My name is Brandon and I am fairly new to driver development.  I am
> having a tough time getting the default Intel 5350 WiMax driver to
> work on my system.  I am running Linux 2.6.31.2.
>  
> I first tried using the card in my laptop's mini-PCie slot. The Wifi
> portion works great but the WiMax side was dead.  Thinking it was
> because my internal mini PCIe slot did not support USB I purchased an
> external adapter from
> HWtools.net(http://hwtools.net/Adapter/USBMA.html) that has been
> tested with the
> 5350(http://www.bplus.com.tw/PDF/Compatibility_List.pdf) and
> supposedly should work.  However, I am still getting the following
> errors upon connecting the device:
>  
> [ 38.999626] i2400m_usb 8-1:1.0: firmware: requesting
> i2400m-fw-usb-1.4.sbcf
> [ 39.361610] i2400m_usb 8-1:1.0: boot-mode cmd 2: incomplete transfer
> (512 vs 16384 submitted)
> [ 39.361746] i2400m_usb 8-1:1.0: fw i2400m-fw-usb-1.4.sbcf: section #1
> (@644 16384 B) failed -5
> [ 39.361865] i2400m_usb 8-1:1.0: fw i2400m-fw-usb-1.4.sbcf: download
> failed: -5 
> [   39.361994] i2400m_usb 8-1:1.0: cannot bootstrap device: -5
> [   39.389521] i2400m_usb 8-1:1.0: cannot setup device: -5
> [   39.389647] i2400m_usb: probe of 8-1:1.0 failed with error -5
>  
> I placed the firmware files, i2400m-fw-1.3.sbcf and
> i2400m-fw-1.4.sbcf, in my /lib/firmware folder.
>  
> This problem is driving me crazy.  I think I have all the hardware I
> need to support the card but I have run out of ideas at this point.
> Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
>  
> Thanks,
> Brandon
> 
> 
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