Re: ar5523 Gigaset USB Adapter 108 issue

["Yannik Völker" <yannikv@yahoo.de>]

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Am 18.10.2013 19:16, schrieb Oleksij Rempel:
> Am 18.10.2013 18:33, schrieb Yannik Völker:
>> Am 18.10.2013 18:16, schrieb Oleksij Rempel:
>>> Am 18.10.2013 17:38, schrieb Yannik Völker:
>>>> Am 18.10.2013 17:07, schrieb Oleksij Rempel:
>>>>> Am 18.10.2013 16:49, schrieb Alan Stern:
>>>>>> Yannik, you should always use Reply-To-All so that your 
>>>>>> messages get sent to the mailing list and not just to
>>>>>> me.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Thu, 17 Oct 2013, Yannik Völker wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Am 07.08.2013 19:34, schrieb Alan Stern:
>>>>>>>> Please post two usbmon traces, one showing the
>>>>>>>> failure on your current system and the other showing
>>>>>>>> the adapter running correctly under a 32-bit kernel.
>>>>>>>> Instructions for usbmon are in the kernel source
>>>>>>>> file Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt.
>>>>>>> I never got it to work under a 32-bit kernel, i was
>>>>>>> just able to utilize a windows32 driver using
>>>>>>> ndiswrapper.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Now i got it to "work". I randomly found out that the 
>>>>>>> ar5523 driver actually works when you load it after
>>>>>>> you unload ndiswrapper so the following steps make it
>>>>>>> work: 1. modprobe ndiswrapper 2. plug in device 3.
>>>>>>> connect to wlan using ndiswrapper and disconnect again
>>>>>>> (might be optional) 4. modprobe -r ndiswrapper 5.
>>>>>>> modprobe ar5523 6. connect to wlan log for that is
>>>>>>> attatched as wlanthennative2.log
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> It sounds like linux driver didn't recognised usb id and 
>>>>> didn't uploaded firmware, or there was no firmware to
>>>>> upload.
>>>> there is firmware (/lib/firmware/ar5523.bin exists) but it
>>>> does not even get touched (i renamed the file and the error
>>>> did not change at all)
>> 
>>> find first usbid of your adapter (it will be changed after 
>>> firmware upload). And try to force driver to use this id:
>>> modprobe -v ar5523 echo 07d1 3a0d >
>>> /sys/bus/usb/drivers/ar5523/new_id
>> 
>>> instead of "07d1 3a0d" use your id.
>> 
>> 
>> # lsusb … Bus 003 Device 011: ID 129b:160c CyberTAN Technology
>> Siemens S30853-S1038-R351 802.11g Wireless Adapter [Atheros
>> AR5523] …
>> 
>> # modprobe ar5523 # echo 129b 160c >
>> /sys/bus/usb/drivers/ar5523/new_id <plugging device in> syslog: 
>> Oct 18 18:27:47 yannik-desktop kernel: [ 8751.447784] usbcore: 
>> registered new interface driver ar5523 Oct 18 18:28:25
>> yannik-desktop kernel: [ 8789.036912] usb 3-14: new high-speed
>> USB device number 12 using xhci_hcd Oct 18 18:28:25
>> yannik-desktop kernel: [ 8789.053995] usb 3-14: New USB device
>> found, idVendor=129b, idProduct=160c Oct 18 18:28:25
>> yannik-desktop kernel: [ 8789.054005] usb 3-14: New USB device
>> strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Oct 18 18:28:25
>> yannik-desktop kernel: [ 8789.054010] usb 3-14: Product: AR5523 
>> Oct 18 18:28:25 yannik-desktop kernel: [ 8789.054015] usb 3-14: 
>> Manufacturer: Atheros Communications Inc Oct 18 18:28:25
>> yannik-desktop kernel: [ 8789.054019] usb 3-14: SerialNumber:
>> 1.0 Oct 18 18:28:27 yannik-desktop kernel: [ 8791.052313] usb
>> 3-14: timeout waiting for command 01 reply Oct 18 18:28:27
>> yannik-desktop kernel: [ 8791.052323] usb 3-14: could not
>> initialize adapter Oct 18 18:28:27 yannik-desktop kernel: [
>> 8791.052359] usb 3-14: RX USB error -2. Oct 18 18:28:27
>> yannik-desktop kernel: [ 8791.052378] usb 3-14: error -1 when
>> submitting rx urb Oct 18 18:28:27 yannik-desktop kernel: [
>> 8791.052504] ar5523: probe of 3-14:1.0 failed with error -110
>> 
>>> Besidy, what kernel version are you using? May be it is too
>>> old..
>> 
>> 3.11.0-12-generic it is my understanding that the ar5523 driver
>> was included from 3.8 on.
> 
> please test attached patch.
Stopped the error from appearing but it looks like it would not even try
to upload the firmware to me:

[  708.193488] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain


[  708.492120] usbcore: registered new interface driver ar5523


[  708.509819] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:


[  708.509822] cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth),
(max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)

[  708.509823] cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300
mBi, 2000 mBm)
[  708.509824] cfg80211:   (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300
mBi, 2000 mBm)
[  708.509825] cfg80211:   (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300
mBi, 2000 mBm)
[  708.509826] cfg80211:   (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300
mBi, 2000 mBm)
[  708.509827] cfg80211:   (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300
mBi, 2000 mBm)
[  720.232697] usb 3-14: USB disconnect, device number 8
[  721.721980] usb 3-14: new high-speed USB device number 9 using xhci_hcd
[  721.739153] usb 3-14: New USB device found, idVendor=129b,
idProduct=160c
[  721.739163] usb 3-14: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
SerialNumber=3
[  721.739168] usb 3-14: Product: AR5523
[  721.739174] usb 3-14: Manufacturer: Atheros Communications Inc
[  721.739178] usb 3-14: SerialNumber: 1.0
mtp-probe: checking bus 3, device 9:
"/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-14"
mtp-probe: bus: 3, device: 9 was not an MTP device

also it did not load the module on plugging in.

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Yannik Völker
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