From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:58786 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752201Ab0BWOpl (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:45:41 -0500 Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:45:03 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Fabrice Lamareille Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: problem with WG511v1 Message-ID: <20100223144502.GA2928@tuxdriver.com> References: <4B83B96A.6050605@sorengo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <4B83B96A.6050605@sorengo.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 12:18:02PM +0100, Fabrice Lamareille wrote: > Hello > > I have a NETGEAR WG511v1 wireless pcmcia card. > It was working perfectly on fedora 11 with the prism54 driver and the > attached isl3890 firmware. > > Since fedora 12, the p54pci driver is enabled by default, but it does > not work with my card. I downloaded the right isl3886pci firmware on > your website, but the card does not start... > With the old isl3890 renamed as isl3886pci, the kernel crashes. > With the attachd isl3886pci firmware, which I extracted from the windows > driver with fwextract, it seems not to crash, but the card does not > appear in NetworkManager nor starts automaticaly... > > Thanks in advance for your help. I'm not sure what you mean by "firmware on your website", but the file you attached does not match what is linked here: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54#firmware In the command-lines pasted below, 2.13.12.0.arm is the file downloaded through the link for "PCI / PCMCIA" for kernels 2.6.29 and above at the URL above and isl3886pci is the file you attached to your email by that same name. /tmp [linville-t400.local]:> ls -l isl3886pci 2.13.12.0.arm -rw-rw-r-- 1 linville linville 29036 2010-02-23 09:39 2.13.12.0.arm -rw------- 1 linville linville 29040 2010-02-23 09:39 isl3886pci /tmp [linville-t400.local]:> cmp 2.13.12.0.arm isl3886pci 2.13.12.0.arm isl3886pci differ: byte 5, line 1 If you use the specified firmware, does the device work for you? John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.